I wasn't holding BTC for a long time, because it was overvalued for the time with the capabilities at the time. They were stubbornly holding it back from upgrades. Then it started to drop, and they actually adopted upgrades that it desperately needed...but at the same time Steem was dropping. Now, I would buy BTC if I had some extra cash that I could set aside and not touch for a few months. I would buy Steem too. I've told my parents to buy Bitcoin...and they didn't listen. Funny, cuz they actually earned a few grand from me telling them when to buy Qualcomm. They would have earned enough to pay off their house if they had listened to me when I told them when to buy Apple as a kid. Some people are stubborn.
It is fully up to people what they buy, but I would buy some now if I could...then sell at the next beginning of a dip...and buy again at the next bottom, and repeat.
My Mom listened to me a while back and bought coins and actually traded them like a baller with my jaw to the ground in disbelief. At least you got them one win.
As for BTC, prices will always fluctuate. I have confidence that BTC's price will appreciate greatly in the upcoming years, so I'm holding tight for a while, likely through the peaks and valleys like I usually have because I don't want to make a mistake. I made one big mistake and haven't really sold/traded since because it was that scarring.
Trading pretty much comes with mistakes. More than likely, if you can manage to keep going, you'll make back what you lose as you learn. Of course, that's assuming you can learn. :P
Sometimes it feels like trading is just guessing and betting. It's not, no matter what anyone says. If there was any game at any casino that was as predictable as trading, casinos wouldn't run it, because it would bankrupt them. Instead they run only games where they have a distinct advantage.
I don't know if I can trade crypto anymore because I'm too emotionally attached to it as a buy and hold asset. If I were to trade, it'd have to be with new funds I deposited to treat as funny money or poker chips where there was no attachment. To do this, I might have to trick myself by trading coins I had no interest in, but had a strong understanding of from my years of tracking them.
Well, there are certainly tons of coins out there that might be alright bets, but you don't necessarily have to have any real attachment to. Even a few bucks is enough to start trading with. Hell, I've made quite a bit trading Dogecoin before.