Don't Touch Your Bitcoin for 3 Years — or Risk Losing It All

According to a Bitwise Europe study, if you hold Bitcoin for at least three years, your chance of ending up in the red is only about 0.7%. Go out to five years, and that chance drops even further—to 0.2%. Hold for a decade, and you're looking at guaranteed profit.

For the day traders out there? Your odds of taking a loss are north of 47%. Even just holding for under a year still leaves you with a 24% chance of losing money.