#HODLTradingStrategy The term originated from a 2013 online post to the Bitcointalk forum where the typo appeared. The price of Bitcoin in 2013 was volatile at the time, surging to over $950 at the beginning of December 2013, up from just over $130 in April of the same year.12 The poster encouraged people not to sell and that they were "hodling" [sic].
KEY TAKEAWAYS
HODL is a crypto slang term meaning to buy-and-hold indefinitely.
It implies not selling when markets go down or become volatile.
Sometimes, it is said to mean "hold on for dear life."
