As you get more comfortable, you often want two things from the same coin at once. You want to hold it for the long run, and you also want to react to the swings. Trying to do both with one pile of tokens tears you in half. The fix is to split the position into a core and a trade.
The core is the part you buy to hold. You accumulate it patiently, then you leave it alone. It is not there to be traded around every wiggle. Its whole job is to keep you exposed to the big move you actually believe in, so a single shakeout does not knock you out of the long-term idea.
The trade position is a smaller, separate slice you use to work the swings. You might trim it into strength and add it back on a dip, or take quick profit when price runs. Because it is small and defined, playing with it never threatens your core. If a trade goes wrong, you have lost a slice, not the whole thing.
Split one holding into a core you protect and hold, and a smaller trade position you actively work. The core keeps you in the long-term idea while the trade lets you react without risking everything.
Tip. Decide the split before you are in the heat of it, for example three-quarters core and one-quarter trade. Write down which tokens are which, because in a fast move it is far too easy to start selling your core and call it a trade.