There is no such thing as short term investing. You are using the term short term investor to describe trading. ... So when it comes to bitcoin anything less than 4 years is not investing.. it is trading. .you are wanting to play some kind of a price wave. Yeah you might fool yourself into believing that you are investing because you have 1 or 2 or even 3 years, but you are just playing the trade.. Most likely to really consider bitcoin as an investment you need to think in terms of 10 years or more... otherwise, it seems that you are mixing up trading and investing, since it sounds like you are just trying to get in and then out of it with some short term fiat profits and you are not really considering holding it long term.
Even if some folks try to deceive others and create different type of thought because they accumulated with huge amount it’s still not yet time to sell, what makes bitcoin investment grow is the consistency and time we put to make sure we make better profit but, aside profit a long term mindset is absolutely the best. Traders can’t hold their bitcoin for long without withdrawing profit and the surprising part is they don’t care if the investment will fall probably anyone making such move Should be ready to face lose, the idea 4years is just an example and if getting to 4 years anyone can still accumulate if they feel they’ve not gotten enough although the idea of a satisfied portfolio can’t be determined.
You are absolutely correct but to an extent or point you were using investment instead trade and it was confusing but your point is very clear. I believe anyone who decided to venture into Bitcoin investment should be able to know what advise or choice to make and should also be able to identify what is good or not. Anyone who is being deceived by a folk or anybody, I will put the investor in the category of people that doesn't understand how Bitcoin works or what Bitcoin is all about but the ability for one to say no to..., means the person know what he's doing.
Long term is the goal when it comes to Bitcoin investment and consistency is the key to actualize that goal but consistent investment is a function of stable source of income if you don't have stable source of income then you are getting it twisted because you will definitely destroy your investment with time but when one have a stable source of income and being consistent what is needed is management skill very important and for me, 4 years is not too long enough to sell because Bitcoin is a volatile asset.