Of course, each of us is responsible for our own level of aggressiveness, and we should not let pressure from online or groups affect our choices in that there is nothing wrong with being aggressive as long as we do not end up overdoing it. If we overdo it, then we have to suffer the consequences, and it might be 10 years down the road that we realize that we cannot turn back the clock an hopefully we did what we were able to do without overdoing it and taking ourselves out of the game due to our own overly aggressive screw up(s).
if I may ask, how does someone really decide where to draw the line between being aggressive enough to see good gains and being too aggressive to the point it turns risky?
one thing you should understand is that there is nothing like been "aggressive enough to see good gains" when it comes to long term holding of bitcoin, just be consistence in buying bitcoin with your discretionary income you will reach your accumulating target and then hold it for 4 to 10 years or longer. Been "too aggressive to the point it turn risky" is when you start accumulating bitcoin with the funds made for handling your basic needs and expenses or when you start buying bitcoin with your emergency fund after you must have exusted your back up all the name of buying the dips, so no matter aggressive you want don't overdo it just as JJG had said earlier only buy bitcoin aggressively within your level don't go above your level.
Aggressive buying in Bitcoin accumulation is when you exceed your regular amount for buying Bitcoin in your DCA strategy. The rate of aggressiveness depends on the amount that you can be able to top up your DCA buying and this is where investors that doesn't understand financial management gets it wrong. In aggressive buying investors need to be smart, they should know if they can afford to buy aggressively, if it will affect their planned budget for their other expenses it is better to stick to their regular DCA accumulation. But if they can pull funds from their other expenses to buy the dip without affecting them negatively then it's a smart move.
Investors doesn't need to "exceed their regular amount for buying Bitcoin in their DCA strategy before they could be seen as investors who are buying aggressively. If you are consistent and persistent in accumulating Bitcoin and even if you don't exceed your regular amount for buying Bitcoin in your DCA strategy, you are accumulating Bitcoin aggressively because you are always active in accumulating Bitcoin, and you can never be compared to investors who aren't consistent and persistent in accumulating Bitcoin. The concept of aggressive buy in Bitcoin investment is all about accumulating Bitcoin consistently and persistent, so if you are accumulating Bitcoin with $5 every week, you are aggressively investing in Bitcoin because that is your own level of aggressively. It's when you increase your regular $5 for buying Bitcoin to $10; that's when you are being over aggressive, and it will take you out of the game if you don't stop it early.
I don't understand what you mean by aggressive investing. Actually, what I mean by aggressive investing is that if someone is investing more than 70% of their discretionary income, then they can be called aggressive investors. And if someone is investing 90% or more of their discretionary income, they can be called over-aggressive investors. Now, who is investing aggressively will depend on their income. So it is a personal decision. The person who is investing will understand for himself whether he is actually investing aggressively or investing normally with discretionary income by DCA .
However, I think that in the beginning of investing in Bitcoin, one should invest a little aggressively. So that Bitcoin can be bought with money equal to one year's income in 4 years. This will make it easier to reach the over-accumulation stage. Along with this investment, it is necessary to form an emergency fund and a reserve fund. This way, the Bitcoins that he has accumulated can be retained. And after investing for a long time like this, if he thinks that now I will use this Bitcoin to live my next life, then he can quit his job and through sustainable withdrawal, he can gradually sell Bitcoin and leave for the rest of his life.