Hey there Ace, I started as a trader and learned the ropes of TA. It was fun and very exciting but stressful and time consuming. Now I accumulate and am an investor, aiming to take profit in late 2025 at the peak of the bull market cycle.
BTC is already up 100% this year from the $16k lows so the bull market cycle has begun. However, as you say, the alts are lagging. It's the very early days of the bull market, though towards and post BTC halving in April 2024 should trigger better bullish momentum.
I started out in late 2017, seeing the peak of the bull cycle then, as well as the one in 2021, which caught a lot of us out as we were waiting for $100k BTC which failed to materialize. Hopefully this time will be better.
I started in 2017 as well. The plan remains the same, take profits once targets are met. Good luck!