Yeah, ICO investment is very good but at the same time, it is very risky and based on that risk, I believe every single investor should be ready to make a decision on their own rather than ask for opinions. Announcement thread is a way to ask the devs all you need to know and see how discussions are made generally on the project as well as people's view and opinion but do not even bank on that as some are paid to bump the ANN thread.

For the OP and those in his shoes, just dig up the team and do a thorough scrutiny as to their past experience and if they are worth giving your money to, otherwise, wait for it to hit an exchange first if you are unsure, then read as much as you can about the project to make your decision.

It must be a good opportunity and if anyone ends up missing such an opportunity will surely have them to blame for doing so in the long run. The market so far has really got so blown down that whoever is buying now when the market recovers eventually will surely be making a lot of huge profit at the end of the day without missing anything at all.

The best time to always invest is when everyone is so scared to buy and not when everyone is joining fomo. After watching the way bitcoin market was traded in last few days, I must say, the current situation is a perfect time to buy more as this could be the last time that we are seeing prices below $8000 levels.

Obviously US investors alone would not have caused such a huge downtrend, and it was inevitable to have the downtrend or huge correction as the case may be anyway. MtGox actually started more of it, with every other side stuffs like the capital gain whatever, but I am not sure the US investors taking out all their bitcoin into cash would have actually caused such a huge one, and for now, the only thing we actually can point a finger at is the MtGox or maybe not.

If that is the real reason, I will be worrying a lot as he is still holding lots of coins and he may drag down prices somewhat worst levels too or may make prices to range bound between $10k to $7k like this.

That depends on where you are selling, on an exchange or over the counter. On an exchange, everyone is bidding and if you get to sell your whole 1000btc to a single person who is bidding for it, then obviously the market will not change, but from series of people with different prices set for it, then you simply drive the price down way lower and it is as simple as that. If there is a huge demand for your 1000btc, the influence should not be much, otherwise, with a less demand, then, you know what happens.

The sentiment in the market right now is even negative, so to have such an article springing up can really reduce the level of long term pessimism in the market.

Recovering from where we are today can actually be a good one at the end of it all, even though we are not even sure how far down we are going yet, but the possibility that testing the previous ATH, may make us hover around it for a little while and then start hitting new ATHs and with that, $10000 may actually be the last thing we will ever get to see again. All speculations though, since none of us can actually see what the future holds.

Yes, let's even go the psychological way !
Most disabled person totally do not have so much to even take care of their needs, you think they will understand all the things you will be telling them by giving them a paper wallet filled with some digital currency and the importance it would be for them in the long run, when they can even hardly take care of their short run. Let's be realistic here, it does not make any sense giving a disabled person something he or she cannot handle. Instead of giving some money in the format of cryptos, it would be much helpful for them if we teach how to make money online or anything similar to that.

Obviously it will. Look at the way things may be going with the fiat system and economy simply crushing somehow with inflation. To me, bitcoin may actually be perceived as the digital gold which is going to be saving the day in that case. I am sure just like you said, it is too early to start seeing it as a huge part of a huge economy in the global perspective, but I believe over time, it is definitely going to be and government would not have a choice than to let it be.

Bitcoin is the community and as long as there would keep being supporters who see the dire need of it in their daily lives as currency, I do not think it would be that easy for any government to just want to fall that apart and as long as we are not divided among ourselves as well.

The thing here is that if government could screw the whole thing up, they would have done that and the more they keep making attempt, the more it just keeps growing and exposing the fiat loophole which decentralization is causing to the whole world. I do not feel the world economy is centered around bitcoin anyway.

The business man mentality actually is the best.
Yeah, education is good and we surely cannot expect someone to thrive much in the business environment without at least some pretty good level of knowledge anyway and we cannot always get to have everyone becoming a business man, as there would always be those who prefer working for others and normal way the economy system should be like.

After all, they can be trained in both ways and at the end. This will enable them to choose the kind path they want to take in the long run, I guess that alone will be the essence of safeguarding their future rather than some country people are saving more money which might be enough for generations.

Correction is always normal in every market. Ethereum has a low to about $300 recently and then bounced towards $700 with some correction afterwards and there we are with some noob declaring 2018 as a bad year for the whole market.

The OP sure do have some point on the volume, but we all know how the market can act at times, as all traders are simply looking forward to catch the best gains most of the time but only time will tell if this is just going to be a little retrace or we are up for some crazy moments ahead.

Yeah. At least, this is going to give some ERC20 tokens to have a wider space to evolve in the current market with the way things are going.

With coinbase listing some of them, I believe it would sprout some growth for the ERC20 market and even for Ethereum as well. This gives room for some coinbase users and probably US based investors to have access into buying some of those tokens, and knowing that coinbase will actually be picky with the tokens they are going to be listing based on US regulations, we may actually see any token listed to get some good growth.

It is not like it is better to be a long term holder, but it is just safer most especially if you do not have any knowledge about trading. Normally, you should always have something upstairs when you want to embark on any journey regarding investment or rendering of service so as to be able to play your card safely. In that way, it would always make things so easy when making a decision which is what I expect the Op will do and that will even help him find the best areas he can easily fit into.

No, they are not. They will only be travelers of the same boat, if the individual who is trading is doing so without any knowledge and any strategy. I am a trader and I have been a trader for over 3 years and making huge money from trading, and it pisses me off when some people who do not even have any idea about trading associating it with gambling.

Yes in a way, we could say you still gamble, but trading is more of an educated gambling which if done right, you will make a lot from, and that is one thing you can never get from real gambling. I have done both, and they are totally different.

So many times I have wondered this and kept asking myself those who have been winning that lottery. Sometimes, I even see some ridiculous number of tickets winning the first position and then I get curious to know if real persons are actually winning this stuff.

Although, they as transparent with it as possible but still would want to see or know if there is anyone in the community as well who has since I have never won for the past 2 years I have been putting some few stuffs to get some ticket there but it is normal to know winning a lottery in the midst of millions of users can be pretty hard.

That pretty much just sums it up! This is not about having negative vibe or some positive vibe, it is gambling and it is about working with your head most of the time so as to be able to get in control and the only way to do that is to control your mind.

However, for those who already have a fixed mindset that by them staying positive, they will win all the time, they only will end up doing things their mind tells them to do and since their mind is fixated towards positivity, they will keep pushing on and on until they lose everything.

In fact most of the altcoins have even gotten to a stage where they are not even dropping lower and that is a good thing to start entering some of the alt markets now. However, it is indeed very important to still take caution most of the time, as you may actually end up getting screwed if you do not get to watch bitcoin movement in your decision making as that really is important.

Actually for someone who is trading, a trader would want to wait for confirmation first before even considering to enter the market as there could be possibilities of fake break outs and until sometimes you confirm trend changing, that would be more like the best time to trade or buy in.

The market right now is in a very complex state and even though some alts are really holding up and there is some form of bullish divergence on them, one may actually want to still be careful with them. Nevertheless for long term, it is just a good time which may end up a better time even in the short term.

Knowledge is very necessary and a lot of people always discard that first until they realize they are doing themselves more harm than good by losing a lot thinking they can just easily start trading without it. $100 though is a good start for someone who have been able to even learn some certain things over time and want to start putting those knowledge to good use and practice they say brings about perfection and you do not want to achieve that perfection by starting with a huge amount of money you cannot afford to lose as that may sometimes set in emotion.

Yeah, it is usually like that most of the time, as majority of the alt market are tied to bitcoin. However, we still have a lot of time ahead of us to see how things will be turning out, so I guess we will just have to wait and see. For now, nothing is sure with the market.

Based on the OP's question, knowing when to sell in a market is as important as to knowing when to buy which is why you have to form your own strategy and stick with it. So many ways to know when to sell, it could be making use of the indicator; it could be utilizing price action on support and resistance and so many more.

2020 is still about 2 years from here and that is a huge number of days ahead of us to know what could be a possibility or what could not. I am sure by then, there could have been a possibility where the market is probably have gotten huge than what it is today and recovered from the current downtrend, and we all know how recovery can be like in a matter of time. However, it is 2020 and I believe only time can prove us in any way we think, but realistically, I do not think it is possible as well, but we all know sometimes, being realistic has not come through in most situations in this market.

Every time? Have you been in this market before? The last time I checked, the only time, apart from last year before we made $10k an ATH anyway, the only time this year we have tested the $10k resistance and could not jump past it was on the 6th of May.

At least after hitting the last bottom at around $5800, we made a mark till $11,200 and that was still this year, so I am not sure where you are getting your info from. However, you should remember that in a way, we are still in a downtrend since we are still forming a lower high anyway if you look at maybe the daily time frame, so I guess we just have to wait to see how that turns out.

Yes, that is the reason why OP is asking for help on articles and resources to make use of to be vast and what you have stated apparently does not help him in anyway.

I would advise the OP to ignore the forum and just hit the web straight on unless you just want to be gallivanting around and you will end up not getting anything tangible to help you at all. Type how to use trading indicators on Google, money management in trading and some little other stuff that can guide you. You can also check https://tradingstrategyguides.com as there is lots of information on their blog that can help as well.