you are saying things the wrong way and that's the reason why I we disagree to this your statement above, because your statement will mislead newbies alot, investing in bitcoin for long term will always be successful and profitable if you manage your cash flow Very well, because for your bitcoin investment to be successful on the long run, it has to depend on the plan and the mindset of the person that investing in bitcoin and not on bitcoin, if the person plan very well he or she will know how to allocate his cash flow wisely and smartly in other for his or her bitcoin investment to be successful on the long run.
First of all it is obvious you fail to understand that there are risk involved in bitcoin investment and the reason why long term investment is prioritise over short term is because of the volatile nature of bitcoin,no investors can speculate or predict correctly the exact price of bitcoin for that reason short term investment is more riskier when compared with longer term investment, however we can't say for sure that the fact that we are holding bitcoin for a long term that our investment in bitcoin is going to be successful,so long term investment is not a guarantee that our investment is going to be successful.
Having the mindset tp hodl their I'd guarantee for an investment to be successful but investing for longterm their is no guarantee because investing for longterm a lot happens and one might decide to sell because even investor who have longterm plans still have a specific time of when to sell. But when you have the mindset t hodl , it is a continuous investment plan that one will see every movement of the market and holding bitcoin is always profitable but longterm investment is still unclear if it will be a successful investment.
Holders and longterm investors are two different things , holders hodl on to bitcoin irrespective of the market fluctuations and with this it is usually profitable while longterm investors have a time frame and this investment is not guaranteed of profit.
You seems to be getting everything mixed up here. I totally disagree with you when you said there is no guarantee to be successful when you invest for a long term. Investing in Long term is still the same as HODL for long term, Talking about long term is as the same as HODL you can decide that your portfolio will be for 4-7 years which is as much as long term investment at the same time you have successfully HODL for that long term.
You could have said that Short term investment has no guarantee of success, because people who invest for a short period are people who are mostly interested in trading, people who buys when there is dip, and sell when the price goes higher, this are people who have no guarantee of success because they have so much to lose when trading. Definitely there is profit for either Longterm or holders which ever way you call it. There is no difference between them.