Looking at last year's performance and rising bitcoin prices, the price of Bitcoin was high this year, but this year the price did not increase. In early 2025, Bitcoin was priced at $93K$ and was at $108K in the month of September, but this year the difference was quite high. We can't know the growing and less bitcoin, so it's just a matter of prediction. Bitcoin was priced by many people this year on the new ATH but it did not happen. Something good can happen for them next year because 6 months of war and other things this year have worked against Bitcoin. We will see a good impact on Bitcoin in the next 2 months because the US itself wants to make efforts to increase the price of Bitcoin, that is, they will end the war and control the oil prices.

It's a simple but straight answer... And it is, As much as you can, if possible, more 2-3 circles. That sounds crazy right? Lol. But that's it. HODL! Recently, I would say Bitcoin is really doing well. We saw the serious climb last month. Did anyone expect it,  nope. And so, there is every possiblity of greater heights. Those who bought few months back will be happy that it added. Even those who bought last year when it got to its ATH price of 126k, if they can still HODL,  they would celebrate also.  The past experiences and the dealing ls of Bitcoin should explain yo you better. Buy and HODL!

I assume the existing pattern will hold and expect the price to move around one year ahead of the halving.

Regarding holding until that time, I'm not strong supporter of this because my motto is  Bitcoin is for living rather than the opposite. I use it daily to cover my expenses and I am quite happy to have something tangible instead of just the piece of code on my SSD.

The real question here is not how long to hold it, but why you hold it. It is not right to hold it just in the hope that the previous ATH will come again shortly, because in 2026 BTC is still about 38 percent below the previous ATH and there is uncertainty in the market. And if you have a long term plan, it is better not to worry too much about the short term decline. But if you need the money soon or the reason for buying changes, then there is no point in just holding it in the hope. BTC is now hovering around $77,000 to $78,000, so it would not be unusual for there to be another big fluctuation in the future. And speaking of me I am holding for the long term, and that's why this volatility does not influence me to sell.

Patience and waiting for a longer time is another challenge many of us face when it comes to investments, is like a waste of time to many of us who can't handle the pressure of the market, imagine the delay or should I say how long we had to wait for the market price to hit the highest ATH, many was happy but applying it to holding is the issue, for me that drop of Bitcoin price is the cause of people thinking of selling, it seems crazy but some persons prefer to get whatever they get their hands on than waiting.
I like your style, same as other start small and with time you become better than when you started. The market is so tricky and hard to understand completely, that is why we use what we see to predict than coming out to say this is what will happen and make people believe it and at the end it turns out bad, so getting to $100k for this year I don't think it will, $77k for now and it seems to be slow, only $90k and above that's what I think we could see before the year runs out, in other words, buying should be on our mind before we start seeing positive figures.

When you’re holding bitcoin for long, is should be that you’re keeping it till you have the profit before selling it. Some even they hold for some period of term, if they so the price as not increasing the way they expect, they will sell at lose, so when holding, when you have not achieved better profit, is better to keep holding, not to sell your coin at lose.

Bitcoin investment is all about patience, because if you don’t have that mindset, he will always be hard for you to hold for long term, because you’re just investing to get fast profits, and Bitcoin is not as other coins that multiply easily and still drop fast. Bitcoin is a gradual process and grows, so invest in bitcoin for long and grow together and enjoy the rewards later.

It's obviously all about how long one can hold, because those are very patient with that and keep holding, they are never going to regret it, but those who get impatient and sell even before getting any fruits for their patience, they will regret their decisions sooner or later. We all know that no investor in Bitcoin will go without any profits if they keep holding for the long-term, because the market eventually recovers no matter how much bad times we have to go through, it will always eventually bounce back, and once it does, it makes it all worth it.

Some of the investors who invested around $69k in the previous bull run when the all-time was $69k, they were doubtful and worried about their money and investments because after touching $69k, Bitcoin went down to $16k in the bear market, and that made some people extremely worried, so many people even panicked and sold their assets, but those who kept their calm and stayed patient even in those times, they got rewarded, because they got double profits in the next bull run when Bitcoin touched $126k.

That's just the simple truth about it, because it is only when you don't understand the volatility of Bitcoin that would panic when the price goes down. Bitcoin investment is a very long-term process, so investors that have this mindset always stick with discipline during the dip, because it's not a new thing to them anymore. That's exactly why they're still holding till now. Understanding the market and having enough patience is the best way to hold your Bitcoin without panicking.

At least you know where your problem is, now you can make a plan on ways to tackle the challenge. Many investors go through the same problem, everyone feels that urge of how long they plan to hold, but it is exactly what you should have made up your mind before you begin accumulating, know what you are getting into before starting, it's called the investor's mindset.

Patience comes with a price, there will come a time when you will forget the pains you went through holding, and holding is the process you must go through, there is usually a reward at the end, investors who bought about 5 years ago and held, some might have sold parts for profits when the market touched the last all time high, Bitcoin is promising, and lots of investors can testify.

Immediately you start panicking after investing in Bitcoin then know that the capitals you invested is too big for your emotions and it'll always be a problem if you keep holding that amount in Bitcoin. You have to be willing to hold for a long time therefore If you can not see the market falling and ignore what is happening, you have to start reducing the capitals you used to buy and reduce your amount so your mind will be at rest because you need to be confident that your investment will give you reward in the future for you to keep on holding. Having patience with an amount that you aren't comfortable with is going to make you very uncomfortable so to avoid that always happening, you'll have to reduce your capital investment but if you still want to invest that amount or more than you can invest slowly as you put the amount you're comfortable with untill you gained more courage to invest more money.