Just like they say, the patient dog eats the fattest bone, some will say the patient dog does not eat the fattest bone again oh! But, you cannot over emphasis the importance of patience, in trading as most people loss to the market because for lack of patience.
It is one of many mistakes that cost people a lot of money in trading.
Patience can be hepful and harmful for your trading positions, that depends on whether you pick a good asset and open a good trading position as well as which trading type you use (Spot, Margin, Futures).
If you pick a bad cryptocurrency and to make it worse, you use Margin or Futures trading type, in such situation, if you are more patient, it's likely you will get bigger loss and perhaps liquidation.
You only can rely on your patience in cases of trading with Spot and picking a good cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. If you can be patiently waiting for market recovery or growth, you will have profit.