Why do most traders lose while holders are the real winners

【Blockchain Rhythm】A recent comment from an investor highlighted a phenomenon—most traders ultimately cannot escape the fate of losses and find it difficult to beat the power of institutions and platforms. His straightforward advice: the smartest move for ordinary people is to find good assets and hold them with peace of mind.

Let's look at what history has to say. There are two extreme cases in the US stock market. One is the bullish side represented by Warren Buffett, who has mostly held positions for decades, with only a few large-scale sell-offs in his entire career, and those moments were just to wait for a better bottom-fishing opportunity. The other is the bearish side represented by Bill Gates, who once held over 40% of Microsoft shares, later gradually reduced his holdings to manage assets, and even shorted Tesla at one point, resulting in huge losses—hundreds of millions of dollars—literally turning a trillion-dollar fortune into a hundred billion.

The logic behind this is quite clear: the fundamental rule of the world is that—high-quality assets are always scarce, while the money printer is constantly over-issuing. Over the long term, the gains from going long far surpass those from shorting. Look at Satoshi Nakamoto’s account, which has held Bitcoin for so many years without moving— isn’t that the most perfect bullish answer for BTC?