Day trading or holding has the same risk and can both get profit, for day trading it requires more knowledge and deeper skills, because it regulates financial patterns in trading. while for holding only need to hold and save until the price is high. so it's a choice based on one's ability
You are right. Day trading is actually very dangerous if the trader has little knowledge about trading. In most cases, the main attraction of new traders is day trading but most of the traders lose their capital by doing day trading. So you must have the ability to do market analysis before doing day trading. And you have to be careful enough to hold any coin, there is a possibility of profit if you hold potential coins by doing proper research.