Trading is not for free time and not for life time either. Trading is for that time when you can analyze a coin and understand that it can hit your prediction perfectly. If you do not have good knowledge about trading or market analysis, then you should not trade at all. Because at that time you will not be able to achieve anything good from trading. If you use trading only for free time then it will be equal to gambling. Because at that time you will never be able to take entry in potential coins by better analysis. And then you will lose in trading if your luck is not good at that time.
Trading is a full fledged job that perhaps requires even more than a regular job you can do with average knowledge. In trading that will not work, you need to have deep knowledge and more importantly a lot of experience. But even then no one will guarantee how much you will earn. I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that holding Bitcoin almost always outperforms trading, keep that in mind. And if you do not believe it, test it yourself, maybe in your case it will be different.
You have raised an important point. I agree with you that trading averages is an isolated short term trading concept that traders are not comfortable with. From my perspective, I consider it to be a riskier time for traders with their capital. I would say that long term Bitcoin investment is great because the prudent use of income will give you a decent stash in the future and the trend of Bitcoin worth increase may be more aggressive.
I have done research on trading and am still doing so. My analysis is that for beginners, you should get yourself into a good position through accumulate. After getting more experienced and getting a decent holding, you should keep yourself involved in short-term trading. Long term accumulation will be continue as usual.
When you are trying out to deal up with something specially with trading then doesnt know on what kind of type you would be, then the best consideration is about on how you would be trying out to deal up with it which it will be that in accordance into your skills and preference on which dealing up with short term or long term then its up to you because not all will be that the same when it comes to mentality on which each of the things or decisions be made will be that eventually be basing up into you. In speaking or talking about of being not a lifetime job on which i do disagree. Why? On the time that you do able to acquire up such skills or you do have already the idea on how it works or on how it do behaves then its something that gives out that edge over the market on which it could be able to for you to sustain and live up your life with trading profits. Its hard but it doesnt mean that it will be that impossible.
There are certain considerations too when you do tend to deal up with trading too specially when it comes to the risks involved. Dont treat it like gambling when you do make up some trades because having such approach will be just that totally messing up into the career that you are that taking on. If you do have plans on making yourself to be a full time trader then make it sure that you would be that get prepared for whatever challenges that you might be able to face on. You are ready when it comes into the probability that you would be losing up money instead of earning on which we know that these things couldnt be that not impossible. Always stick into your principle on which you do know that it is beneficial then go ahead.