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.
I would have agreed more with you on this statement if you had mentioned it as less stressful and more rewarding and not necessarily short-cut. DCA is not a shortcut to success in bitcoin accumulation since you would be in the market for a long-term and keep buying consistently and committedly, so there is nothing shortcut about it. It is rather a slow and steady strategy of achieving a good stash of bitcoin after a long time of dedication to your ongoing accumulation journey.
correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think 4-10 years or even more can be considered a shortcut time-frame.Shortcuts should be attributed to trying to get in and out of the markets and make away with little and quick profits which is same as trading.
Learning the markets and price charts can be helpful if you do so with the honest purpose of understanding bitcoin better and using the knowledge in favour of your consistent buys alone like knowing when buy cheaper within your buying period and hold, else, if learned with trading intention, it becomes detrimental to the investor's accumulation journey.