HODLing comes from the crypto world. It’s a distortion of the English word “hold.” It originated from a Bitcoin user’s typo in 2013, when they wrote “I AM HODLING” instead of “holding,” and has since become a meme and a philosophy.

✅ HODLing = Buying an asset and holding onto it for a long time, ignoring the noise, the dips, and your emotions.

✅ HODLing with balls = Holding your position even when the market crashes, everyone is panic-selling, and the news is negative.

It takes conviction, patience, and nerves of steel.