If actually Bitcoin is the subject matter then buying and selling within the period of one year apparently has nothing to be called anything related to investment but trading because one year is too short for your investment to experience the power of compounded value of your investment, a cycle which is four years would have been better to be described as a short term investment in my perception while four to 10 years or more can be called a long term investment.
Okay I have learned something today, atleast you have given a timeline for short and long term Bitcoin investment. Most people who target to buy during the Bitcoin halving are short-term traders, and that's a very wrong investment approach. I know people who are currently disappointed with the price of Bitcoin because they thought it would have reached $150k. But long term investors are not perturbed because they are still on profit or are not selling.
I so much believe that learning always took place in everyday of our life, because knowledge is really power indeed, so talking about short-term investment, those investors that always make use of short term investment i see those investors as a gambling, because they are betting not investing, they are just for quick money making not to wait till dip finally happen, so buying in the dip and hold in a long term investment is the best.
Yes I think long term investment is the best, but many people try to choose this best but due to lack of experience and strategic knowledge many investors get left out. You can see that long term investment requires a strong wallet and experience, you need to have the ability to take risks, and you can participate in Bitcoin investment through deep buying and DCA method.
But if you are in a financial crisis, then it is most important for you to do DCA method, in this you can benefit while saving money and doing Bitcoin DCA method weekly.
Long-term investment is the only investment that can make you buy and accumulate Bitcoin with ease by using the DCA strategy as long as you have a steady monthly income that is enough to take care of your expenses for the month and still have a reservation that will allow you buy Bitcoin bit by bit whenever you want to.
Traders don't believe in long-term investment, they see it as a way of tying their resources, they believe the make a lot of profit from trading than investing for a long-term term and that is why they keep on wanting to convince other to join them by frequently discussing their gains and not their loss