Plus the truly learned people about the basics of Bitcoin, and who truly understands how everything sticks together in the network, what makes it censorship-resistant, and what its actual value proposition is WILL HODL Bitcoin/or hold it longer as an investment than those people who merely learns about its market and its price movements.
But in the end of the journey, HODLing will make 90% of plebs more profit than "trading".
I would rather take shortcuts than spend hours just learning about the market and price charts. I mean, after learning the basics of Bitcoin by reading the whitepaper then understanding the fundamentals and having confidence in the great opportunities that Bitcoin will generate in the future, then Holding is more the best choice than trading.
I prefer to do quarterly analysis, so Hold is the best choice because it has the potential to gain bigger profits.
Holding is not even a shortcut as you put it ! it's probably the longest way to stay in profit, However is how is considering the two ways in which they want to be in bitcoin then I presume trading is never an option because it's indirect gambling with only fundamentals, charts to read and the rest of the stress. even though people make fortune from trading I wouldn't even have a second thought of it as being busy with other things and just stacking up bitcoin. Looking at the current situation of bitcoin in he nearest future people will seem to see a piece of bitcoin as a dream to behold hence the opportunity lays now.