Exactly my thoughts and my concerns. Recently I tend to think that alts are either for lucky ones (when You score really big hit) or for people that are much more experienced than me and can effectively trade.
I'm a HODLer and I'm afraid in long term BTC will prove to be best for people like me.
BUT... I may be thinking like this because alts had a few weaker months. Changing my strategy based only on this, could be stupid.
Future will prove if I was right or wrong. Either way, I will get there with no fingernails.
It would be awesome to see a research on "crypto volatility to nail biting relation". Or even better - "general health and appearance of hands between general population and crypto investors" :-)