Long-term investment is a strategy focusing on capturing at least a few months or a few years of price actions. The key distinguishes between swing trading and long-term investment: 

(1) a swing trading position contains a shorter time frame than a long-term investment position

(2) long-term investment is mostly stocks, warrants, and mutual funds. 

(3) long-term investment is more conservative than other shorter-term trading techniques

Since we budget even more time on long-term investment than swing trading, it is often less risky than swing trading and requires less closely monitoring than other trading positions. Therefore, it is a suitable investment method for retirement accounts like 401K, 403b, Roth IRA, IRA, HSA, 529.

Long-term investment relies mostly on fundamental analysis, and often technical charts, news, and volume flows can help us decide when we should add more positions. 

There are several risks long-term investment contain:

1. A market reversal risks

2. The company we are trading/ holding has unfavorable fundamental changes or news

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