Technically traders are still investors. Because rather than accumulating bitcoins by direct purchase and then waiting for it to gain in value, traders try to make profit from the market by predicting it's movement. The aim of everyone is to make profit from bitcoins, and buying bitcoins (investment), trading or even mining bitcoins are all ways to profit. They are all good.

Investing in bitcoins does not require as much technical knowledge as trading and mining bitcoin demand.

I'd ask you how long do you have to hold bitcoin for it to turn from a trade to an investment.

You buy bitcoin and sell it on the same day - that's easy, you are trading
What if you hold for a week and sell after that?
How about a month?
A year?
2 years so that you buy in a bear market and sell in a new bull cycle? Is that trading?

I feel like most people trade it just depends on the time they're willing to hold. For some people it's a few days but for others a few years.

Investment is a form of trading. Everything boils down to you. Your available time? The profit you aiming for and the project you dealing with. For example holding Bitcoin for a long term is profitable bit same can't be said about most altcoins. I believe Any is better based on the project and your targets.

Everyone has their preference and wants, and of course, the level of their understanding and capabilities.
I, therefore, chose to invest because I knew in myself that I was not really good at trading. Though sometimes I do this but with limited time only as I thought that the more I trade, the more I make mistakes and losses.

While investing, I can sure myself that can certainly make a profit. That is why I don't make myself hard so I choose where I have confidence and where I can perform so well.

Both have pros, and cons, and you already said some of them like the risks of doing both.

It's a subjective thing knowing that not all can do trading, and at the same time, not all have the patience to hold Bitcoins for quite some time. Some are doing investing alone, and will just hold Bitcoin. Some are trading since they're good at it, while there are some who are doing both of them because they're capable to.

Overall, it will depend on you OP on which suits best for you. You can try them both if you want to since holding especially with Bitcoin doesn't require that much research compare to when you want to trade where you need to make some research, and analysis. Good luck OP... I guess.

If you want to trade Bitcoin and are new to this kind of business, you will need to learn about Bitcoin trading in the space. It means that there is a correct process because if you start the wrong process here, you probably won't get a good profit here in Bitcoin. In short, if you're a beginner, it's inevitable that you'll try to trade even if you don't know anything, and you'll just base your trading on chance or chance analysis.

So it's better if you know that you don't know anything about it. You should invest in the meantime, so that at least you won't have any hassle and worry. Just hold it for the long term and wait for the right time. To sell it, you can earn Bitcoin for sure while you learn it.

Investing doesn't mean you will just hold a currency or crypto; it still requires analysis and knowledge. why? Investing in or holding a cryptocurrency is not just buying and waiting to earn. No, that's not it. You will first need to know if this price is the right price to buy or if this is the right time to buy and hold. What if you buy bitcoin at a certain price but it doesn't go well? There's a right timing and certain point perfect to buy and hold a coin. So both investing and trading require knowledge and analysis; it's just that they have different levels. Well, it depends on the person's reference to what they can do and what they want to do. But for me, it has the same risk and a lot of profit potential. For me, I do both trading for short-term earnings and investing or holding for long-term earnings.

We need to understand well what we will choose before doing it so that we don't experience losses in investing or trading. If we can do these two things then we will be able to get profits from the investments and trades we make, but investing certainly takes a long time. to be able to make a profit and in trading, if we can analyze the market well, of course we will easily get a profit from the trades we make. Yes, you are right, in every investment or trade there is a risk of making a profit or losing, so we have to be very careful in doing so.

When investing or trading in Bitcoin, you have to take risks. Because both investing and trading are risky. But investing is less risky than trading.  Investing in Bitcoin requires you to be patient and hold for a long time. If the market dips a bit by investing, you can't get restless, trust Bitcoin and hold for a long time. If you don't hold for a long time, you won't be able to earn much profit. But to do trading you need to understand the market. Many people think that trading is very easy but actually it is very difficult if you have no knowledge about the market. It may be that you can be damaged by wrong trading. If you have good knowledge about trading then you can do trading. Finally I would say investing in Bitcoin is better than trading.

It all depends on your ability to trade. If you have the analytical skills to trade, you can trade and invest in Bitcoin at the same time. You can get two benefits: increasing the number of Bitcoins or stablecoins.

But to trade in Bitcoin, you must have patience because spot trading cannot expect to sell at a high price immediately. Sometimes, we have to wait a few days before we can sell at a high price. But if the Bitcoin market is bull-run, you can sell at a high price.

Trading Bitcoin can be done in the short, medium, and long term. However, it depends on the Bitcoin market situation because the Bitcoin market cannot always rise continuously. We have experienced that the Bitcoin market was in a sideways position some time ago, so we must wait until the price increases before selling it.

But if you doubt your trading abilities, it is better to choose the investment. Buying and holding Bitcoin will be better for you and you can use the DCA method to invest in Bitcoin.