What's your take on this? Given the period we're in is it buy time or sell time?
For someone like me, I can't say this is sell time cause it's still very early, I'll have to accumulate and hoard as much as I can for like 10 years before I could consider selling and that's what every investor that just started hodling for about few years or a year ago should consider, we still have lots to achieve so it's definitely not sell time even though the market seems friendly currently and trending upwards.
Well for someone that's held for a decade, two decades, etc this period can be their sale time, don't get me wrong the can sale some stash to diversify to other options I mean investment options but would still continue buying at any given opportunity with the DCA.
This is just the beginning of Bitcoin's success, Bitcoin will go much further ahead, but those who are thinking of selling their holdings at this time for a small profit are going to miss out on the opportunity for greater success in the future. I never think of selling at this time, because in the coming days Bitcoin will become more powerful, and the value of Bitcoin will be faster and bigger than we expected. So we must think of achieving that success, and for this we only need the mentality of continuous holding, and the mentality of continuous buying, keep buying regularly, this current stage is never too big, which is going to happen in the near future.
Holding for 10years is not enough reason to sell bitcoin. Again seeing this period as a period of selling will be a deceitful thing since we all know that bitcoin has already flashed at $112k which is a clear sign that it still has a lot of progress to make in the short term.
In recent months, I have been trying to consider and reconsider my own views in regards to short term, medium term and/or long term targets that guys might have, and surely one thing is figuring out how more people might be able to treat bitcoin more seriously in terms of thinking about it as an investment rather than as a trade, but then another thing is figuring out what goals might be reasonable, given the fact that so many of us are starting to come around to recognizing that bitcoin is amongst the best of pristine assets, if not the best of pristine assets.
So if so many of us start to recognize and/or appreciate bitcoin as being such a pristine asset, then it hardly makes any sense to plan to trade in and out of it, even if our timeline might be trading in 10 years or longer (like you suggested, planning to enter into a BTC selling practice 10 years or more down the road).
Even if it might seem short-sighted to get into bitcoin and then to have a plan that involves getting out of bitcoin, it becomes difficult to suggest how guys should think about their involvement in bitcoin when it comes to various goals that they might set, even if we might be able to see that even their plans to follow such goals might seem to be devolving into a trading rather than an investing way of looking at bitcoin.
Many of us also recognize and appreciate that some folks might have consumption and/or investment goals related to their bitcoin that might even be shorter than 10 years, but then maybe somewhat adequately longer than 4 years.. but at the same time, some guys strive to play bitcoin price waves too, which might result in short term profits.. but at the same time might also potentially result in failure to sufficiently balance bitcoin's investment attributes. which surely is risky, even if sometimes they are able to achieve what seems to be short-term profits.
As more begin to acknowledge Bitcoin for its worth, the most logical thing to do would be to adopt a long term perspective when approaching Bitcoin, rather than considering it to be a trade. When people starts making this shift in mindset, it kinda encourages investors to focus more on Bitcoin as a store of value as well as its potential for long term growth.
It's indeed very crucial to set specific, whether it's short, medium or long term, as this helps investors to effectively navigate their involvement in Bitcoin. Although, just as you've rightly noted, some plans can actually devolve into trading sometimes, which of course isn't attribute that aligns pretty well with the concept of Bitcoin investment. Thus, it's of utmost importance to balance short term profit goals with the understanding of Bitcoin's potential as a long term store of value.
Above all, it's crucial for investors to always define their goals as well as their risk tolerance, as this is key to developing a solid strategy that aligns pretty well with their financial goals and objectives. And by doing so, it becomes very much easier to navigate the complexities of Bitcoin investment without much wahala, as well as to help them make more informed decisions concerning their involvement with Bitcoin.