The rise of crypto in —17 brought with it large exchanges, increase in the number of traders, liquid markets and large price volatility. Unlike HODLers who buy and hoping the price goes up sometime, traders love price volatility and leverage it make money. All they want to do is capitalize on price volatility by the old adage, buy low and sell high. When the market is going up, pretty much anything that you do will give you good returns. Traders tend to become complacent and opportunities to beat the market comes only when you are looking for dips. For Passive traders buying and holding becomes the thing to. The wait and try to, time market peaks during bull runs.