Most folks who are merely investing DCA from their income, they might ONLY be able to invest 10% or less of their income, so if a person invests 10% of his income, it would take around 10 years for him to have had put a whole year of his salary into bitcoin.. and so frequently we have the investment being a product of both time and how much we put into it, so some guys get excited to cash out their profits, but if they have not put very much into bitcoin, then their profits would be less likely to be meaningful. We have all kinds of examples through bitcoin's history where guys had been cashing out way too many bitcoin too soon because they got interested in short term profits, but then they ended up selling way too many bitcoin too soon and ultimately were not really managing their bitcoin holdings in a way that would really bring meaning to their fnances and their overall net worth.
Of course ,If you are only putting 10% or less of your income into Bitcoin, you have gotta accept that it is a slow game. It is like filling a jar with coins, at first it feels like nothing is happening, then one day you realize it is really actually getting pretty heavy. The problem is, a lot of people don’t wait for that heavy jar moment. They see a little green in their portfolio, get excited, and sell , then a few years later they are kicking themselves because those small gains could have been life changing if they just held on.
I still remember one guy on who told his sad or should i say unfortunate story on Reddit, who sold his whole stack for a used Honda Civic back in 2016. At the time, it felt like a smart move because he bought a new car, feeling good. Fast forward to today, and those same coins could have bought him a house… maybe two. That is the beauty of Bitcoin, u will need to have patience, look into the long term, because the short term wins can trick you into missing the big picture. If you want it to actually move the needle in your life, you have to give it time to do its thing.