I would invest some coins in trading and rest I will hold for the future, as trading can be profitable if I play it smartly and it will also allow me to grow my coins.
Trading is not a cup of tea of everyone, if you jump into it without knowledge and skills then you are surely gonna loose everything in it, better to learn first and then enter the market.
you are right, trading is not as easy as people often say. This really should be learn full on research every coin.
because of my experience, when a plunge in trade, without any prior learning, mostly panic and lose