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I see a lot of people wondering if they should invest in ICO's. I think the best option for any potential investor is to wait until the ICO ends, THEN invest. For instance, Nauticus was an ICO that started back in March. They recently launched their exchange and have been doing pretty good. Prices are only down 30% from the ICO price. That is a GOOD sign, BUT the prices still fell! This was a high quality project that raised $19,000,000. If they're falling a little bit due to the bear market, then you can expect 99% of the other ICO's currently out there to fall as well. It's all going to be dependent on the market, but in terms of risk I think it's better off if you just wait, THEN invest after the product launches. At the end of the day DYOR! It's imperative that you guys understand that we are in a bear market. Even the best projects like Nauticus, Ethereum, Bitcoin, NEO ect are all falling. I would assume that they won't fall forever tho :P

Nauticus Exchange - https://nauticus.exchange/exchange/

If you are not a big investor you will not receive the best price and some bonus, so it doesn't worth it. Better wait for first exchange listing and you will see that price will be more interesting.

For me, i would go with the 2 options but it will depend on the type of project.
After a constructive research, i am able to differentiate the difference between a long term project and a short project.

The ability to determine this factor, will make you rich in crypto currency.
After identifying, you invest before ico for the short term project, and invest after ico for the long term project.

In trading, the more the risks, the more changes of bigger rewards. Investing in ICOs are for investors who are experienced in the industry and are good in predicting the project and its legitimacy. But prices of coins/ token on ICO are cheaper and has more bonuses.  Investing after ICOs, on the other hand, are those who want sure rewards on their investments. If indeed the coin reaches or gets listed in the market, their prices are higher so they get lower reward.

Please, try to find at least couble of legit ICOs which raised money and gain at least a small profit for last 6 months? I don't think that we should invest in ICOs at all, because there are so many high-quality cheap TOP projects at the market atm.

What is better is actually investing during ICO compared to investment after ICO. Of course the two choices are different. If you invest during ICO, of course you can get a bonus compared to investing after the ICO.

This is a great question, because it can be answered if you look at coinmarketcap. During the red days, there is no chance that any new token is going to give you profit and the better choice for now would be to wait and to buy on exchanges. You will get this token for a much better price.

The uncertainty factor in the cryptocurencies space will not make this work in the minds of investors. For people still wanting to invest in ICOs is a clear sign of uncertainty playing out.  Bull or bear,  people want to try out in ICOs based on past success stories,  but that's still dependent on their first hand information about cryptocurencies.

Actually, they had a 30% bonus that would apply for the entry purchase if you bought in a certain period and then 20%, 15% and so on that without counting the 2% and 5% additional discount on the sale amount if greater than a certain amount. I do not know if they had a private sale or not so, but the price right now is not really lower by much if you bought during the top bonus period.

From my general observation most ICOs tent to bottom at the pre-ico price once they get listed on exchanges so ya pretty much if you missed the pre-ico/private sale bonus it is better to wait and buy from the market and that applies on every ICO not just Nauticus.

I think both investing in ICO or after ICO will give different advantages. If we are investing in ICO, we cannot avoid the scams, however, we can get more bonus and help the good projects to develop and to be real. However, it will be risky. On the other hand, investing after ICO will allow you to buy the tokens in cheaper price.

Both strategoes are risky. There are many projects that turned into scam after few months or years, like MinexCoin or Bitconnect.

Looking at the price and market condition right now, i think I will choose purchasing the coins after they are on the exchange. Commonly the price will be lower than in ICO. but if we really want that coin, we can buy it in ICO to support them to grow and not failed.

2018 was a disaster year for ICO’s, even they have raised a decent amount after hitting in exchanges they plunge very quickly due to bear market, giving a hard time to every crypto project so investing before or after ICO at the present is not a sure call. All we have to do is sharpen our instincts and analyse every market moves to avoid getting rekt.

Both investing in ICOs  and investing after ICO both have merit and demerit, when u invest in ICO there is probability for you to be scam, the  merit is that you will  be to make more profit and realize your money within short period of time while investing after ICO you will not fall into the trap of the so call scammer and the demerit is than you may not be able to realize your money in time.

I agree with you . We should invest when the ICO ends. I always monitor the price of the token after they are listed. It is always much lower than preico or ico. Pumapay is a project that mobilizes more than $ 100 million after completing ICO. But looking at its price, you will feel disappointed.

It's not a disaster if you were a part of the early investors which have participated in some icos on Q1 of 2018. You were a millionaire. Some of icos just like Zil, ONT and some altcoins have already made some new millionaires in the crypto. You should aware about that.

I think its better to invest in ICO than invest after the ICO because once you invest during ICO you can have a lot of bonuses and discount once you invest unlike you invest after the ICO you can't even bonuses. But, before you invest kindly choose good and have potential ICO.

I prefer to invest after ICO, because it's safer. if we invest in the ICO it runs the risk that will be obtained is quite high but the benefits are more if successful.

For me any project or platform will zero user is not worth investing into, I have said over and over again that the best investment one can make in the space now is to invest into exchange platforms because they do have users that are using their tokens to pay for trading fees unlike most of the useless tokens in the space that were just created for ICO sake

Yup having some use case propels a price. At least in the real world. I think Nauticus will stabilize in price as the market improves and they release some nice features.

I completely agree, the exchanges have real uses. Those exchange tokens like BNB or Nauticus (NTS) have utility. Obviously for most of us crypto is a long term investment, but I completely agree that the potential for great rewards with exchange tokens are there.

FOMO will play a vital role here. But last year fully, people got chances to buy cheaper than ICO prices and 2018 must be a year of bear markets hence we will be having different market condition in 2019.

You cannot have only one strategy for all ICOs. Based on one particular ICO, you may go for buying during their ICO phase which may ensure some sue-shot bonus whereas some other ICOs may turn cheaper after getting listed into exchanges. So, have plans according to potential of an ICO.

This sounds like a practical suggestion but most people are preferring to have only one strategy across all types of ICOs and that is the reason they are not finding big success with their ICO experience. I'm not seeing any big reason for that but most probably they must be being lazy to have enough checking with all possible ICOs.

Investing during ICO may turn as a gambling because you are just a betting based on future price level whereas investing after ICO like after getting listed in an exchange, it is like most other investments because you know the actual value of that token.

Though it is very risky investing in ICO now but we cannot discourage investors from investing in ICI because there are good project out there and if there is nobody to invest in it how do we expect the dev and team to promote the project.

For now i pick investing AFTER ICO. Why? Because in market we can see how it goes and we can decide to buy in what price. If buy at ICO, it will be good especially when presale, but still must speculate how it will be in market.

Investing after the ICO is much safer but also can bring less profits. Some coins launch with a very high price because the excitement and expectations are high and gradually lose this value over time. If you invest after the ICO in one of those coins you will never get your money back or you will have to wait a year for another pump.

There's no best solution that always works.

In any case, this means that you do not need to invest in the project at the time of the ICO, but rather wait for the coins or tokens of the project to appear on the exchange and buy them at a more favorable price.

I stoppe investing in ICOs a long time ago. Even in bounties I try to sell coins immediately because some coins go to 0! Just imagine I had 400$ worth of cashbet and now it is like 3$ ! The same thing for essentia, Shivom and some other ICOs

You made your point clear and elaborate. But I think it doesn't apply to all ICOs, especially when you are a private investor. The bear market is really terrible, everyone is waiting for a miracle. Definitely, the greens will come, it's just a matter of time. Most people don't buy into ICOs because they prefer buying at exchange, since the current trend favors this pattern. But a few ICOs still go against this current trend, let's be hopeful.

From our experiences of 2018, it is now becoming clearer that investing in a coin after the ICO as soon as it gets to exchanges is by far, safer and better.

Yes, I agree with you. I also believe that it is better to invest in ICO, when the project is already launched and the coin is listed. Firstly because the probability of getting on the scam project is reduced. Secondly, because the price of the coin is also likely to fall and you can buy it at a lower price.

I think it all depends on the project and the bonuses that it offers you. Sometimes it is still better to buy the project’s coins after entering the stock exchange, it’s safer and probably cheaper.

As far as I remember, nauticus also conducted an ICO and quite successfully. The project began to work, but unfortunately strongly zavav from the cryptocurrency market.

I support investing in ICO

Somehow even they do find the right element of a good ICO it still doesn't give a 100% success because some of the ICOs now that you have seen that has potential will eventually turn out to be a scam. And you know what? If people really want to make a good project that has a potential in the future. They should have made it a long time ago but the greediness of a person makes them destroy everything of what they have been making for a long time.

This is really the bad scenario right now, even if the project is good and they have reached their target funds, still the project is not performing well in the market, this is not the only project that experiences that, we have a long list now, this is because of the bad market situation.

For about six months, participation in the ICO does not make any sense. 95% of new projects after listing exchanges lose in price. Even if you want to invest in a long-term loan, you can easily do this by buying an asset on the exchange at a price lower than ICO. Until the market enters the growth cycle, it’s not worth talking about ICO in terms of investment.

You're right. It is better to invest directly after the tokens have entered the exchanges. So there are fewer risks. In addition, often the price of a token in such a situation will also be much cheaper than on ICO.

It would be better if you were at a safe point. Wait for ICO coins to enter Exchangers. After that you will be at a safe point and you can avoid the risk of scam from an ICO.

Well its always better if you invest before ICO since the price is very cheap and has a discount compared to after ICO. Although it is risky especially if the project turns out scam and doesn’t have ico.

I think that it is much more reasonable to invest it after the release of coins on the stock exchange, as everyone will certainly fall in price after the listing

I still am a supporter of the fact that you need to invest before because a good token will immediately yield a profit and you should not wait for anything

in one voice, I think that everyone will say what they need to buy after the coin and then when they fall several times in price

I agree to an extent. That's why I've been investing in Nauticus. The project released, then the price fell a bit, so I'm just scalping what I can haha. That seems to be the best approach with all the bounty ppl dumping from all these projects.

I've been picking up a few of my favorite projects + some BTC through all of the dips

I also prefer to make an investment after the coins available in the market, since usually we could get a cheaper price when it first get to the market.
And i believe it will be safer to purchase a coins form the market instead of purchasing during an ICO.

many of the ICO is not good even began to be used as investment advice. that's why many have started not interested anymore in ICO running because a lot of that falls when it is reaching the market. Indeed many have put up their nets after ICO and expect a low price from the seller that the panic for the price is getting crashed.

I agree, some of the bonuses I've mad money on during the bear market. I seen people just throwing their coins away (usually bounty dumpers), then the price will raise 5x from what they sold it at back to the ICO price lol. Such a waste of $$$ when ppl do that, but to each their own! Someone did that today on the Nauticus exchange. Dude sold his NTS for 1/10th the ICO price. Dropped the coin down, then an hour later and the coin went up 600% from his dumping price hahaha.

Actually investing in cryptocurrency all have a high risk, whether it's investment in ICO or investment after ICO. But if we get a good project and the project is sure to be successful, of course investment in ICO will be more profitable. because the price of tokens is cheaper, even we will also get a bonus. But certainly all Cryptocurrency investments, whether in ICo or after Ico are both at high risk.

Dont invest because most of these ICOs turn into scam after funding if not then likely they are bound to fail in the long-run.

If I am better off investing before ICO, because we will definitely benefit from cheaper sales and have lots of coins or tokens compared to after the ICO. If you have never invested in ICO, you should study dahiulu before entering further. Most ICOs are now cases of fraud.

That's why I waited. The Nauticus exchange has a NTS token that I've been wanting to buy for a while. As soon as the price tanked a bit I got some at a discount and then it went up haha. It's down around 40% since its ICO which isn't bad considering ETH is down almost 25% just this week lol.

NTS Price Currently - https://nauticus.exchange/exchange/NTSBTC

This was what we have experienced in last year. But, there could be multiple reasons why most of the ICOs were crashed down once they hit exchanges, one main reason must be, the total crypto market was falling down hence ethereum based projects were unable to cope up. But, we may have different scenario is coming months as most coins will find positive trend this year. Hence, investing into ICOs may become profitable also.

When they did get for low prices, what will be the guarantee that price will go back again. As far as I have seen many projects's coin/token never got their recovery but kept dumped and then got delisted. Hence, this is not seeming as a good strategy to obtain coins for cheaper than ICO prices.

Yes you are totally right. And i know that everyone talking about this right now. When you check the ICO's from 2018, all prices down like %5000! For example i did invest in KitToken ICO, the ICO price was $0.05 and the prject went well and catched the hardcap with $117,447,182.. But if you check its price now it is like $0.00005.. How could this happen i really don't understand?? So investing after ICO's way better than a investing ICO..

The idea is correct, now most of the projects after the listing cost much less than the price of their tokens on ICO!

I agree, then if there's another bull ran and quality projects grow, these projects should do well. Hopefully STO's perform better than ICO's did in 2018.

That is true. Every coin that is listed after the ICO will fall and drop drastically. In 2017, the decrease will only about -50%, no more. But last year and now, it will be about very drastically, down. They will always fall whatever the market situation. Therefore, I myself prefer to buy the coins listed and have the good volume and traffic.

Of course, it is better to invest after ico, it gives a number of advantages, starting with the fact that you can buy tokens for less and also with time you will see the real intentions and possibilities of the project, does it make something or just get lost after ico.

I would prefer investing in ico's. In ico we don't Know what will be the price. if you think about the risk factor then investing in ico's is far more than after ico's. But if you think about  the profit making then investing in ico's is better. In ico the price is relatively less than after ico's.

If you are a trader, basically you will going to invest after the ICO, well, for rich businessman and investors, it was really investing in ICO that is classified to be good. But if we are just not that rich maybe we should trade and earn first.

Yes, ICO now has really bad reputations. Everybody knows it now and that is why many prjoects had failed. Yet, the good thing is that there are projects now being under regulation and it is called the STO projects. STO stands for SECURITY TOKENS OFFERINGS. This is way better than ICO because team are registering their project to the country it will be basing. Besides, regulation will help investors to secure their investments away from fraud and scam projects.

Investing after ico seems to be a good idea but the failure rate is still very high because if the project is good, its price will increase after listing on the floor, rarely it falls and then increases.

Looking at the present market condition it is better to invest after ico rather than before ico the main reason is once the coin is listed we can expect price drop then we can accumulate more coins

Almost 90+% of all coins are "after ICO" levels right now, there are few coins that are on ICO right now.

It means the most common investments are made towards coins that are after ICO which still gives you profits no matter what. When people bought bitcoin (which never had any ICO) or ETH (neither did ETH) do they invest into ICO or do they invest into a regular coin? They still do make decent amount of return and know that they will not be scammed and coin founders won't leave (well satoshi kinda left anyway) so that means if bitcoin and ETH is still decent options than investing after the ICO is still valid.

Even investing right after ICO when it gets listed and everyone sells their coins dropping the price a lot is the perfect moment for it since you will be capable of buying it very cheap and have the advantage of knowing the project continues and thrives instead of investing while project only had one website.

Actually, you are really right, but you still need to take into account the fact that investing in an ico company gives you the opportunity to develop the project more actively and this is an indicator of the prospects. I have never been attracted to projects that for all the time ico companies could not even collect softcap.

My recommendation is invest your seed money after end of ICO. Because ICO investing now very sad. Many people losing their money by invest in bad ICO. So there has many thinking before invest on ICO. ICO analysis is most important before invest.

The best time to invest in ICO's is when market is shooting up , like it was in October , November , December 2017 . Currently as graphs show , if you want to grab some altcoins then yes , most of the time shows that best time to grab is after exchange launch when price drops after listing :) Ofcourse there is some projects that goes up in value after listing , but there is only few of them .

Currently in most cases in this bear market, I know investing after ICO has become better, except some few projects that are well managed and planned have really go above their ICO price after listing.

Looking at the current market, I think investing way after the ICO is the best idea. As it is currently, tokens don't list 50% below ico price, tokens once listed goes to 80 or 90% below ICO price. Buying after the ICO is the best thing to do now.

We must admit that only a few projects now cost more then ICO price after their listings. So, yeah, it's better to secure yourself and not to hurry up with buying anything :)

The way crypto is going nowadays
I think it's of best idea not to buy during the ICO but rather wait till after ICO when the project will be listed in a certain exchange because for sure with the recent experience in crypto, it will sure dump below ICO price heavy and that's the best time to buy whatever units one intended ti buy.

From what most people write, we can conclude that ICO is dying. I am also against buying before listing. The market has the most objective assessment of an asset.

I prefer to invest after Iico or when coin listing on the market. this is more profitable we can see people's interest directly from the trading volume. investing in ico may be very risky now, even though the project is good. throughout 2018, I saw many good and quality projects but could not provide profits to investors.

Anyone who has invested in ico for a long time is losing money. Therefore, no one is investing in ico as before, but in a few months, big money will be gained. Ico was a huge sector and it has to be restored, everybody needs make some money :)

Given the current situation in the crypto market, there are very few projects whose coins are more expensive than their value in the ICO itself. Therefore, the only way to make a profit is to invest in ICO projects in the early stages, when there are big bonuses, or to buy these coins immediately after they enter the stock exchange, when their cost is greatly underestimated by the participants in the bounty companies.

In a good ICO sense it's quite difficult because sometimes a good ICO is the opposite of clear speculation as you say. to learn we must be able to understand the concepts and performance from stage to stage so as not to choose wrongly. because now there are many very scary ICOs that are very troubling for investors in developing their products.

Investing in ICOs is not profitable as it was before as the price is usually crashing when the coin enter the exchanges, plus many projects are delaying the listings. By investing in early stages of the ICO your funds could be stucked for months if they postpone the listing of the coin.

I prefer to invest after ICO, because we will know prices are declining or rising, so when prices are falling very deeply from ICO prices, well, I always buy when prices fall and far from ICO prices and then I hold it in my wallet.

Right now this is my philosophy. There was only two projects I really liked. I've been accumulating NTS from the Nauticus exchange each day + i was waiting for Data Blockchain to finish up with their ICO, but they switched to wanting to release something like an IPO on a stock exchange instead. They ditched the whole ICO idea bcuz of the crypto market.

I think investing after ICO is the best choice for this time, when ICO token listing in exchange it's a good time to buy more, because many token after listing the price will falling depending the market situation right now.

Yes , True! I did notice aswell that projects the ones that conducting ICO's usually put fake raised/collected numbers on website to attract investors . There is plenty of projects that claiming that they raised so many millions , but after listing on exchange they have like 400k+ USD marketcap lol .

for me, i'm preffered to investing after the ico token sale ended, because if see at the back, many ico prject are failed, ex when ico they offering their token for value $0.5/Token but after listing on exhange the price is not same with ico price and i think after ico and bounty ended the token are dumped by bounty hunter and we have chance for bought the token in cheaper than ico price

because some of my experiences at ICO for now I prefer investment after ico because when market experiences decline in average price, the price will fall below ico. there have been very many examples of coins falling after listing. and your words are correct if it will not happen forever.

Both condition have the separate advantage like when you invest in ICO at the time of presale or main ICO you get good bonus around 10% to 50% which you can sell on exchanges by taking profits over bonus. Whenever new token launches on for first few hours or day the price goes up after that the price starts to drop hard. But if you think the project team can make this project successful and have good volumes on exchange even after the drop you can invest after the ICO too. Projects like pumapay, hyperquant recovered 5x value returns after the dump within few months and later dropped again. If you invest after ICO you will have to look for opportunities like this and take action on the right time to recover your money.

for investment in ico that has ended it is profitable, but sometimes a lot of ico , which actually the price goes down I take an example like helbiz when ico is finished the price has dropped greatly from the rate of ico but in a few months the price has increased, but after that the price has dropped and enough in the point is if you want to invest must be prepared if our predictions are wrong

     Both options can be used, in my opinion. The option is chosen according to the project. There are projects that are good in the short term and others are good in the long term. If you do not have a lot of experience, it is recommended not to invest in ICO projects because they are quite risky and you need experience. There are many SCAM projects claiming to be real ICO projects during this period. I recommend you choose projects that are listed on the exchange.

It depends ones perception towards a project. There are projects with great fundamental, coordinated financial expert and team with great vision.When you invest on this project before the ICO,after the lunch on exchange, the price might go down below the ICO,but with time the price of that coin might skyrocket to the extent that early sellers will start to regret selling their coins.
This normally happen when the product is fully lunched.
This also happen when the product has gain massive adoption and real usage.So,investing on ICO before the lunch or after the lunch depends on how the investor see the potential in the project.

The choice between investing in ICO or investing after ICO must be guided by the power of community. A project with big support from a large community will see his token value increase after ICO, while a project with little community will necessarily see his token value decrease just after ICO.
(Of course, this only applies to good projects)

If I invest in ICO,then I prefer hype ICO with experienced team, blockchain or exchange industry, small market cap and high ratings on ico drops, crypto differ, ico guru and monoico.
I can also invest after ICO, sometimes it is better solution

Investing during or after ICO is good but certainly one would be better than the other which the underlying factor that'll determine which is better is the kind of project it is, during the ICO there's always some outrageous bonus while after ICO some tokens after first exchange drop as low as 90 percent which is a huge opportunity for investors to stack some sack which I think it's more better than investing during ICO

Investing in ICO and investing after ICO are both good idea it depends in the situation and the project.  If you really sure that the project is good why not to invest in ICO you will get a bonus also. But if you want to see if project is good well wait the to finish the ICO to end and look if the project will be good after their ICO. It will up to us what will be our decision but we need to think many times before we invest.

You might be right but i also think you waiting till end of ICO and probably listing too could not reward you you much if no dip happens since you gonna get tokens at high prices. I will prefer investing in ICO's and not after, crypto is for the brave  :)

With this market condition, i think invest in ICO is so risk, that's why early investor get so many bonus because they trust the project, but for me i better invest after ICO, but when about 2017 until about february 2018 it was a very good time invest in ICO, i hope moment like that repeated again. So now I choose not to invest anymore until, market better

There is none that does not have its benefit. Those who invest in ICO, still get their bonuses. Sometimes, I just wonder that, if an investor who buys a token at a particular price and now decide to sell lower after listing. This happens even when bounty hunters have not been paid. If they had decided to sell above or at the same price as ICO, they will still get buyers.

Many investors now buy tokens after listing, there are much less risks in this case and I think that this is the right position, since the ICO boom is officially over and there is no point in rushing.

I think that today it is much more profitable to invest after that when the coins come out on the stock exchange because they almost always fall in price and you can buy much cheaper on the stock exchange.

If You are an early investor I think you will gain some benefits during private sale or presales but must of the time regular investors get left behind I think is safe to wait and maybe buy from dump but  there is already enough project to invest in if you are looking for that

The price of a token after the completion of ICO depends only on the phase of the market, if the market dips, then the price will decline, and if the market rises, then the price of the token will immediately start to grow. Today it is more profitable to invest after the completion of the ICO because tokens become cheaper by more than 10 times.

Both decisions can be a good benefit, depending on the community and the team that handles the project.
If the team knows the strategy to go by in order to prevent unnecessary dump, then the fall will be minimized.
I have seen some few projects perform that well, even in bear market.
Then whoever want to invest in a coin, either after ICO or even before, should bear it in mind that anything can happen.

If you pay attention to the fact that today many projects immediately fall after the ICO and sometimes it happens that after some time the projects are getting more expensive, I think it’s time to buy after the ICO, but the question is in bonuses. How much are they willing to give

it's all depend on the project itself, if the project has value and have a use for it's token also active and experienced developers team so better join in ICO, cause it's good for the long run.
but the safe way was to invest after ICO but the profit is not as many on pre sale or even on private sale.
just my oppinion though.

We are in a bear market and it takes longer for a coin to be profitable. The whole ICO and the listing  process is much longer then it was before. Many investors losing their patience and dumping their coins below ICO price. It is more beneficial not to invest during the ICO phase and buy coins on DEXes after listing.

That depends on how good the ico is. I have invested directly into zilliqa because i have known if that will worth a lot in the future, im not even regret because it has turned my money into more than 30x from the ico price and i have sold em all

The market scenario has been like that in the past year. If you are a small time investor, better do the trading when a certain coin hits the exchange.
Unlike in the year 2017, if you invested in a good project, you will really gain a lot after listing.
The past year has been a difficult year not only for investors but to those project creators. Generating funds was very tough and so most of them were now abandoned.
And since we are still in the bear market, I would say, better invest after the ICO. And only invest on the platform which has real application in the market. Because with real use case, there will be real demand to utilize that coin, and so the price will increase eventually.

I fully agree with the author of this article. today it is better not to invest money in pre-sale it is best to buy coins after they are listed on the exchange almost always the price of these coins is much lower than the main sale, but still there are projects that need to be invested at the time of the main sale, because after the exchange the price is sure to grow

Well, it was fact that Nauticus did in above case ICO during bear market and price went down pegged to overall market impression. If someone is doing an ICO during a bear market the result can be other way round: if you invest in ICO you have a bigger profit than investing after ICO.
If market is going sidewarts it should normally be fifty fifty chance.

yes , when ico are launch on exchanges, a lot of bounty hunters are dumping just to have some quick bucks making the coin price drop lower than the ico price. I think bounty is double edge sword. because of bounty, many people see the and get aware of a project and at the same time, bounty hunters are the reason why the price goes down when it hit exchange for the first time.

With all the fluctuation and the level of price in altcoins, i prefer to make an investment after the ICO phase.
For me that would be a lot safer if looking on today's market condition.

I hope investing in ICO is really very bad choice because once they hit the exchange the coin price starts dumping but before that we need to find one thing whether the company has huge potential which they are following the roadmap or not we have to consider. Once if you confirm it then start buying them in the market for low prices and hold it for one more year in order to make a huge profit.

ico in my opinion is not a good solution for an investment. and now in my opinion the good thing is that we can invest in other sectors rather than ico that is full of fraud

Not sure if this is shilling of Nauctius? Anyway, it's good idea to invest after the ICO, usually bounty hunters and in need of money investors dump on forkdelta/etherdelta/idex. You will be able to purchase at much less price than ICO price.

investing before ICO will certainly provide strong support so that the ICO can achieve its best success. however, many people think that investing after ICO, they can get a cheaper price. well, both of them I think will look the same. the thing that determines it is how you will use the coins you get.

I prefer when investing after ICO, especially if a project is directly registered in a large exchange like Binance, I will not hesitate to invest there. Because I am sure that the project is really serious.

It depends on the token sales bonus too, indeed investing after ico enters the market will be better, because it avoids the risk of scam. Then what you say is true, the market conditions are not good even the large crypto has decreased in value. The point depends on the crypto market itself and because it is now better to invest after ICO is correct.

No, I think investment at the early stage or private sale is better because in that phase you have a great chance to purchase in a cheaper price. Which means also better income. If you wait for investing after ICO, I think you will lose money.

besides avoid risk of scam it also avoid us from price dumping.if we buy it on market we will have opportunity to get cheaper price than in ico stages.

In 2017 alot of token pumped after ICO and tradeable on the exchange but after that the price keep down and down to below ICO price, even many token was going down to more than 90% or 1/10 from ICO price. I prefer to buy token after tradeable a few month so i can read the chart and possible to determine support and resistance area.

Already 99.9% of the new token listed in exchange goes down below price of ICO. Therefore waiting until listing can save your money, already some bounty hunters sell 1000 times below ICO price. Of course, it depends on how devs behave after the ICO is successfully completed, ''the main issue is to be 0.1%''.

that is true in the current market. very few projects recover their ico price once listed.
actually, i dont know a single project that significantly rises from their ico price.
most of them suddenly drops once listed. the reason why its hard to raise funds nowadays

both of which I think does not give it great for this time. ICO does not produce a satisfactory investment. even after ICO completed thus getting down and away from the ICO expected value. are required to have an analysis for the selection of the right so that the results of the ICO could be more promising.

I also think that many of those who have already learned how to lose or sell useless tokens after the project is over without waiting for growth. Now the tendency to buy ready-made and developing tokens that can really bring a small profit.

Investing after ICO is definitely much more better that investing during ICO stage. From my point of view there is a big difference between these things.
I don't invest on ICO stage

If you are big investor then you would get big discount as a eaarly investor so afther exchange you have profit thanks to bi discount but if you are general investor then i am not sure.

Indeed, very few projects can recover and reach the price of ico when it is listed, almost projects always fall many times when compared to price of ico, and that is really the main cause of disappointment for investors, it makes investors feel depressed and want to give up ico, ico is seriously weakening. Even when we invest after ico, the situation and the results we receive are probably not too optimistic when I consider many projects, after it is listed, it only goes down every day and never shows signs of returning, investing before or after ico only creating damage right now

Investing during ico is of more advantage to the project, while investment after ico is better for investor because they would have eliminated the risk of the project not getting listed on an exchange or the project not reaching soft cap and refund process could be strenuous.

They have ICO that are good to invest during ICO and some are not and that the good to invest some ICO after the ICO because the price mostly become cheaper.  It's hard to determine what ICO is good to invest and good to invest after ICO but mostly good to invest after ICO.

getting big discount didnt give us any guarantee profit when it listed in market.many traders crazyly selling their tokens/coins cheaply when their asset listing in market.maybe buying on market more profitable and has less risky than joining as private sale contributors.

if I myself have not been ICO if I want to invest in the ICO, the problem is that most of the tokens prices will go down after the ICO is finished. so if you want to invest in ICO better before the ICO is finished

Due to the bearish trend of the market and the fact that many ICO are potential scam, its best to invest after the ICO. I've noticed that many tokens get listed far below their ICO price and still gets dumped. To maximise your return, it's better to wait for the bounty hunters to dump the price before packing the tokens.

In these market conditions, The best option to participate in any new ICO after it's listing because we get the coins at the price decided by the market rather than the investing in ICO as mostly new ICO'S are listed below their ICO price from last many months.

If this will be everyone's mentality, then who will be investing in the ICO? Then, there will be no raised funds during ICO, making the ICO to be unsuccessful. Better, invest in ICO and invest more after ICO (considering you are investing in a good project).

I think investing in ico has a lot of benefits because investment at a time when ico is sure to be cheaper and usually a lot of bonuses are given because it is still promising but we have to wait a long time for the ico we buy the listing ..

precisely if you invest before the ICO is finished, chances are you will suffer losses so you have to invest after the ICO because the price is cheaper than when the ICO happened, because I don't think there is an ICO token that exceeds the price before entering the market.

moreover now there are many ICOs that cheat so in my opinion it is safer to invest after the ICO is finished so we know whether ICO is deceiving or not.

I totally agree, nowadays, most successful ICOs, once listed, their price goes down beyond ICO price. That is why I think it is best to invest once your potential coin gets listed in a decent exchange. That way, you can gain more token/coin and save some of your investment money.

There are times that you just have to try the two options, perhaps the first might be the best for or even sometimes the second.
The market sometimes is unpredictable. You might think of waiting to buy on exchange, but you might encounter a higher price. This has also happened in this year.

The market is always unpredictable. Most of the time without any hint, we can see dump or pump. Only very few are those ICOs whose price rises as it hit the exchanges.

So hard to guess. Prices, as when investing in ICO, and after ICO may vary significantly. Everything will depend on the project. You can buy tokens at ICO cheaper and sell them on the exchange more expensive, as well as more expensive to buy at ICO and cheaper to sell on the exchange.

Your predictions can be wrong, not all good projects will be able to rise after experiencing a decline. It all depends on the team how to make the project rise again. And that's not as easy as we imagine.

There are many investors that are not satisfied after they make investment in ICOs. It is now expected that the value of a certain ICO coin will fall after it listed in an exchange. It is now not advisable to make investment in ICO due to the high risks.

Investing after the ICO is now much more profitable, because many coins fall as soon as they enter the exchange!

Neither the first nor the second option. The best policy to keep at the moment is to avoid investing in new projects at all. Now it's like catching of falling chainsaw, not even knives)) Sometimes doing nothing is the best and the hardest thing to do. Keep away and be safe.

most projects that hold ico are new projects without products. some of them already have products that are being developed. but most investors do both ways. they invest when ico and sell it at the open market. because most of them have a better time to be able to sell their assets. and then they buy back in the market when the price drops, because they know that after the open market a dump will occur. therefore they buy to get profits in the future.

It seems to be a good idea but it will also be risky because the price of the token may not increase, if it does not increase, our risk is the same as when we invest in ICO.

If you are not going to invest while the project is in ICO then t will not have a chance to get into the market, it all goes down to the success of the ICO if we want to see the project in the market, just pick the right project to invest and support it until it reaches the market.

I think today it is better not to invest in ICO projects, as they do not have a finished product, and the period of self-repayment can last several years. But if you have a great desire, I would choose "investing after ICO" - even in the best times when alt. coins grew very fast, even at that time, buying after the ICO was more profitable.

While in 2018 I usually chose to invest in ICO if I believed in that project, I think that now period is too bad and uncertain so I'm staying away and wait for exchange listing even if I believe in a project.

This can be a good advice for now since the market is still dumping, though some of the project now shows a greater future it still good to be safe.

In most of the cases, investors trying to avoid the ICO period and just invest when its already available on some exchanges so they can buy cheaper. Its your strategies so better to be also wiser when investing.

True, it's better not to do anything if you are not well convinced that the project will perform, best to stay away for much safer position,
unless you seen potentials and you think that the project will be fully developed, choosing between probably it's good to buy while pre-sale
is ongoing as the value of bonuses will adds up to your profits, make sure that you analyze the project well.

invest in ico or after ico in my opinion there are weaknesses and strengths, one of which is a bonus, when we invest in ICO we will get a bonus token, but if you invest after ico there are no more bonuses, the benefits of investing after ico, we are directly at market prices, we can judge how the coin will fall or will rise.

Investing during or after ICO depends on our understanding and courage towards the project. It is quiet risky because we don't know the exact price of the token once listed in exchange. Stay on the principle of "invest what you can afford to lose" this is to avoid tremendous loses.

Investing in ICO is risky in this market conditions as all new coins are listing below their ICO price and it is the best option to buy any coin after listing and stable price which will be decided by the market.

I guess, Investing on a successful ICO, that is a much more reasonable investment, we should always be sure in our decision and sure income will going to go through our wallet in that case.

I fully support your position. Now it is extremely dangerous to invest even in top projects without having enough experience and knowledge. Patience and expectation should be our weapon.

Sometimes the project collected millions and billions will fall when it reaches the market so if we predict the market based on how much funds they were raised and initial stage then you also can be one of the victim.Just research about the project and invest on ICOs itself if you really want to buy that token.But I don't say it is good to invest on ICOs.

I think these two ways can be beneficial if we can choose good ICO. Because investing in an ICO we will get tokens at a cheaper price than we invest after the ICO. However, because many ICOs are currently failing, many people choose to invest after the ICO.

My opinion on this things for the investors, I would rather go for investing after the ICO, because I know lot of the investors who will buy during ico campaign together with the bounty hunters for sure after ico for sure most of them will sell their coins at once, which means it will lead the coin get dump its value, so when the price go down, that's the right time for us to buy while the price is dip then hold until it get high again.

In a strong bull market like 2017, most good ICO prices were jumping much higher after listing so investing in ICO was profitable. But in current slow market, most ICO trend lower after listing so better to buy afterwards.

I think that after 18 years, there are very few people who invest in ISO during the start, basically everything after ISO, since 18 years has shown such a sad trend that after ISO token fell 10-15 times, and who wants to lose that kind of money??I have a couple of times so was involved,the best course would be after they entered the market

Depending on the project dump is measurable by speculators. Not all projects fail to pass requirements for entering exchanges but almost all coins got sold by private investors and bounty hunters. ICOs are not considered as profitable investment anymore.

99.99% of ICOs are made to scam people. At least I want to think like that. ICO starts with hype. Early investors get large sum of bonus tokens and they usually dump after ICO. Bounty hunters also dump a lot too. And It is better to wait till massive dump after ICO phase. ICO presales are usually over priced and  they compensate the buyer with extra tokens. so If you are quite confident about any ICO or if you are desperate to buy any ICO token then it is better to buy after ICO phase.
If I were you, I would never invest in any ICO.

It is also possible to invest in ICO in between ;D I mean neither beginning or the end. Anyways I think even after the end of ICO it is still great opportunity to get involved if the project is worth it and for that you should read about and learn it, then ICO is not the main point only if it's a scam otherwise after ICO a company still have to accomplish it's roadmap. It's like me for example involved in DEXAge ICO which is by March 2019 but they have their Beta p2p Exchange Release for Q3 2019 and there's also planned listing on other exchanges as well so it has a long way to go yet even after ICO. And accomplishing the steps will also influence on price to rise.

Its worth investing when you get to have the tokens ready to sell while the bounty hunters hasn't yet had their tokens. This is when you can get your chance to play pump and dump yourself. I tried this before I never really earn much but I think if you have enough funds, you can make money out of being an ICO investor.

In bear market it's more sensible and safer to invest after ico but during  cause there's 100% possible that the price will plummet immidiately after listing on exchange

do you think that bounty hunters have great affect on token price? they receive a small amount compared to overall supply and can't dump the price.

Nowadays it is much more profitable to invest in coins after their first listing on exchanges. As an investor you are losing a lot of money bei a direct participating and if you wait a bit longer, you can buy any coin at -x5 from the ICO price.

Here I can bet, most of the participants of the bounty campaign are short-distance players who sell tokens/coins immediately after appearing on the exchange and there are a large number of ICO projects, where the bounty/marketing, laid large budgets of 3-7 % of the total issue of tokens/coins (not the number sold, but the total number). So, yeah - can dump the price.

My principle of investing is patient when I observe a good project in an initial coin offering I watch it till after ico then after then and it past my test I go ahead and purchase.

In fact, today it is time to bypass the ICO due to all of us known reasons. As it was already said on the forum, maybe it is worth looking in the direction of STA and investing there?

It is strange for me to say this, but every day it seems to me that I believe more and more in investing after the ICO, so I now think that many people may object to me, but nevertheless, I think that in the ICO process I need to take investment.

what if not both?
after or after it cannot guarantee that you will get a profit. so it's best not to expect investing in a new project to be profitable. so it's better with projects that have released their platforms, this has a greater chance of going up than the new ICO-completed projects.

yes you're right, if you really want to try investing you should buy after ico. even then if you think the project is good. so before buying you should make observations first.

And my two cents: given the situation on the market, even "AFTER The ICO" and entering the exchange, do not rush to buy a token/coin, often in the first few months after the end of the ICO - the project team can disappear or there will be other unpleasant nuances.

I do not see any sense to participate in ICOs at the moment, because it is simply unprofitable. I prefer to wait for another several months and to buy a really perspective token for several cents after another bounty dump.

Ideally it would have been best to invest during the ICO because such presale investments sometimes gives the investor so many opportunities that other members of the project would not have. Not to count the bonuses that investors who buy tokens during ICOs are offered but currently it had become quite sad that bounty hunters dump tokens quickly when they are listed on exchange hence making it way cheaper to buy on the market other than during the ICO.

it's better to invest from scratch, because at ICO sales all projects provide a purchase bonus, if you wait until the token is registered in the market then there will be no purchase bonus.

Why don't do both ? You can investing in ICO and after it listed on the exchanges.
If you only investing in ICO sale, you won't be able to buy the tokens from the others at low price,
and if you only investing after ICO, the ICO itself may not reached it's softcap. So, do both.

I only choose the second option, investing after ICO is a smart choice if you want to invest in ICO at this time, you can buy them at a much cheaper price. And if you're scared when the ICO doesn't get softcap, you don't need to invest in it. Certainly it will not be successful and help you be profitable

That when the ICO is in progress, we have the opportunity to be able to buy coins at a cheap price and we will also get an interesting opportunity. Many bonuses and discounts that we can get. This is a choice, many risks occur because basically that investing in an ICO project has a high level of risk.

Investing during an ICO can also be a good chance for long term investment. Also if we purchase during an ICO session, usually we will get some bonus coins, several percent from the total amount that we purchased, depends on how early we purchase that token.

better buying coins in market than join on ICO stages.although we get several discount, but price dumped in market that discount that we got.its price dumped more than 70% after listing in market.so which is more profitable ? buying in market or in ico stages?

For now, it's better to invest after ICO because ICO price was never recover after launching in exchanges. Because lots of hunter dump and the price goes lower. That's why you should get into after ICO.

I think it's better to invest in ICO breaks because we can find out the achievement of token sales. So that we can determine whether the project is worth investing or not. If not, of course, you can look for a better ICO project.

When the market conditions are still negative like now, of course, of course, invest after ico is a safer thing, especially most coins are dumped when listed in the market exchange, and I have done this and can make my money increase significantly.

It's more preferable to invest after the ICO because of the bear market that we are experiencing, coins that just came from ICO are cheaper than 50 to 80% so if you believe in the project then this is such a big opportunity for you to become whales.

it is better to play safe when investing in crypto it is better to look well and study the movement of the team while it is on the ICO period and also look still with it after the ICO if they are serious with the project that they launch.

I would say that investing after ICO is better and safer. Early investors with high bonuses and bounty hunters dump often their tokens after exchange listings. The altcoins are cheaper and there is no KYC needed.

I have seen it all, and as such I can categorically tell you that the people that still invest in ICOs are mainly newbies, those who have never experienced ICO disappointment. After the ICO is now the best option.

Unfortunately, in most cases it is more profitable to buy tokens only when they are listed on the stock exchange and not to invest in ICO!

Discounts and bonuses are way more expensive than buying after ICO which you can have at more than 50% off. Discounts in ICOs are only around 30% in most ICOs (very rough estimation).

I don't think it's suitable for investing in ICO projects in a bear market. Almost all projects will face the fate of breaking. If you think the project is worthwhile, you can go to the exchange to buy its project tokens.

I think you are right, because investing in ICOs are not as profitable as it used to be maybe because of the bear market or the team failure but most tokens tend to lose their value the moment they start trading on the exchange.  So as a wise investor, I believe at this present time it is better to buy on the exchange because there is higher probability that the tokens will lose it value once it start trading, so you will have the opportunity to buy it lower than the ico price.

Well, some ICO's like recent Bittorent gave decent returns, but it was very hard to get in.

Invest after ICO, in my opinion, works better in most cases, as you see, if the team is still energized as before and trying to list the token somewhere. You do not want to own a token, which is not liquid or the team got the funds and started to be not active.
Most tokens after first listing, are dropping a lot straight away as practice shows.

In 2016 and 2017 investing in ICO is really promising high profit but the trend now is changed, make invest in ICO is very risky because some of them turn in to fraud and some token that already tradeable currently below ICO price, so better make invest in ICO ,only if you know the team developer and they already have running product.

Is this related to your project? it seems like you understand very well about the project. related to investments before and after I thought they were both at high risk, maybe it would be better to invest in ico when the project has good development and already has a market too.

Both have a significant difference. Investing before the ICO means that we can buy coins at a much cheaper price while when we buy coins after the ICO, we buy more expensive coins. But both of them have different risks, when we buy coins after the ICO, we can see the market reaction that occurs so that we can make a much safer decision. While when we invest before the ICO, the level of risk that we get will be much greater, this is like a gamble. Each has a different philosophy and you have to make decisions according to your abilities.

I think investing after ICO is better. Because we can do research first about ICO. And when the ICO is launched in the exchange market and the price falls in my opinion, for now, it's normal. But if the coin still has potential and the Developer is still actively working, I think the price of the coin will increase again.

If the project is good and the team keeps updating their product, I think like you. Prices will soon rise again after the collapse, but very few projects can do that because most projects cannot make their products.

Of course, the most attention when investing in ICO should be paid to the quality selection of the product itself, and to be confident in the team at 100%. And then you get the maximum bonuses, prospects and peace of mind. Otherwise, it is generally not recommended to invest in an ICO at this adverse time for crypto.

I will choose to invest in after ICO if their project is strong and has good products. Many ICOs are dead after listing at the exchange so we need to be careful and choose the right time

Now a huge number of people began to buy tokens only after they are placed on the exchange. You understand what this means? this suggests that people simply do not believe in cryptocurrencies and in the ICO processes that exist today.

It depends if it has a solid product and solid team then it will be good to invest during the ICO. But most of the time,what really happens is some coin gets cheaper once it hit the market so some investors are just waiting for it to be listed in an exchanger.

When the project is successful, even after the ICO projects are presented within the same execution, often the team has much more plans for people to enter and have a voice and vote, that is a very good thing, as some offer to have a certain amount of saved tokens and their hierarchy in the project upload. When a project is well argued with a solid base, people want to enter due to the success that comes in little or long term.

You should invest as soon as possible. I recommend investing in privatesale or pre-sale with extremely attractive bonuses. You will buy lots of tokens when you buy at that stage. Then you just need to wait for it to list and pump

This is a good way for 2017 and early 2018. Now if you invest early, you will definitely lose because the token will be dumped many times after being listed in exchange

Throughout the year 2018, the price of tokens, probably of all ICOs were going down in a moment after entering the exchange. This was due to price drops of all cryptocurrencies. The advice is that during ICO it pays to buy when there is a bull run, and after ICO (from exchange) it pays to buy when there is a bear market.

You got all wrong buddy because the last time I checked it not all the ICOs of 2018 price went down after listed on exchange site but close 80% of price went down. However, the best strategy to use in other to avoid losses in terms of ICO investment is to invest into ICO which involve precious metal or back by dollar while invest in project which seems not to have something to prevent investors losses after they were listed on exchange.

After ICO investing is the most popular strategy at the moment and the reason is that almost every first token listing is followed by a huge dump from bounty hunters. You cannot avoid it but you can wait and buy cheap.

I also choose this way, after ICO finishes and lists in exchange, we can know which ICO is good and which ICO is scam. And we can easily avoid scam games in this market

If you had asked this question in December, I would have screamed 'After ICO' but in recent times we have been seeing an Increasjng number of projects doing well upon listing in an exchange.

Once we made an investment it will not been your fault after the investment we cannot do anything is on the currency that we have made invested but whenever you are thinking it will be not valuable we are making the mistakes it is the not right time but the future will may be possible.

yes that trust is completely vanished in this investment and ICO because we don't know in the beginning stage we can get a huge last year and the value will not been came to lots of investment saying now this will be made the investors to get out from this field.

I see nothing wrong in investing in an ICO with good idea and deliverables. Although, investors are being careful, because so many ICOs are not having what it takes to maintain good price on exchange after listing.

I think it is better to invest after the ICO, since the practice of the last year shows that tokens and coins during the ICO are sold at higher prices than after they are on the exchange.

Today, the rules of investing in ICO may change before our eyes. After successful ICO from Binance, investing again becomes profitable. As we saw in the case of BitTorrent and Fletch.Ai token price increased several times. If we take into account the decision of many sites to launch their own platforms for ICO, we can count on the fact that investing during the ICO will again be profitable.

Its difficult because if you invest in the ICO sometimes the token can dump and then it would have been better investing after