swimming in the deep water of altcoins.
Water ain't that deep. It's more like a duck pond, with lilly pads atop it. And the water is extremely filthy, too, infested with little swimming insects and assorted amphibians that would kill you if they could.
You're trying to predict the when of a pump and dump, and that probably isn't going to happen with you unless you get in the minute some fool starts hyping a shit coin. And even then you don't know if that's the start of a pump or if it's going to fizzle out. It's all gambling, man. If that's your thing, go for it, but let's call it what it is at least.