A bad timing to invest in an ICO? What are your insights?

[cris17]

Why so? Now ETH price and other coins price is down, so to invest in ICO is now very profitably. Why? Because soon all coins will grow back in price. same was last summer.

[Msile]

ICOs are very challenging to invest in because its almost impossible to tell which one will succeed and which one will not, i don't think the timing of investment matters a lot, but the choice of an ICO you are investing in is very crucial, if you chose wisely based on the project plan, then there are chances that you will get returns

[AlisaWhishie]

You will never find the best time to invest. It is either too late already to buy (when the prices are really high) or the market just seems dead as now. Don't wait until the right time. It will never happen. And then you will suffer from FOMO.

[Lonsdayl]

I don't know, but investors will invest less money in ICO projects that have fixed price in USD. It is quite different things when you buy tokens with price $ 0,5 per unit when ETH price is $ 500 and $ 1200.

[pangu]

You will never find the best time to invest. It is either too late already to buy (when the prices are really high) or the market just seems dead as now. Don't wait until the right time. It will never happen. And then you will suffer from FOMO.

this! i think too, it's more important and will pay off to spend time&resources on finding the RIGHT ico to invest in, than spending the same energy on the right timing..

[faceoff97]

I think its better to just trade during the introduction of coin in the exchange, the coin suddenly dumps its price lower than the price they offer during the ICO. ive noticed that there will always come a time for a coin when it will lose its value. In just few months after the introduction, the value already dump its price. All coins value is dependent on bitcoins value.

[cryptothief]

It is an interesting thought, and one that has had varying consequences for investments I have made. Some problems I envisage (or have experienced) with using this tactic are:

1. If it is an ICO that you are passionate about and really believe in the project, how disappointed would you be if it hit the markets at way above the ICO price. Figures generally don't take into account the bonuses and incentives that were included if investing in the ICO, even most of the review sites put the ICO price at an average price of all ICO rates when calculating the return.

2. Some coins I have been interested in end up on exchanges that I have no intention of using, making accessibility for purchasing more difficult.

3. If you really have confidence in the project, then a drop when it releases on the exchanges should not be too worrying. As someone mentioned above, there will always be investors, and especially those that got coins/tokens for free (with no real interest in the project), that are just looking to offload it as soon as it hits the exchanges.

On the flip side, one thing worth watching on ICOs you are investing in is the ratio of demand and supply. High demand ICOs 'should' continue that demand beyond the token sale phase, and theoretically see a rise in value once they list on exchanges. If a project that you personally see as a game changer is struggling to hit their targets, then it could be worth waiting till it lists, as the market has obviously not recognised it's potential yet (or you are wrong  ).

 

[avirdoz]

A month ago, you could double/triple your investment right after end of the ICO. Now, with the market crush, this is very risky. But if you are going to hold tokens, why not?! And I'm talking about solid ICOs, of course. Most of the other, which are generally worthless crap, doesn't even deserve attention.

[cryptodagger]

I noticed that most of the coins/tokens that was launch now are almost behind their ICO value by almost 25-50%, Basically if you purchased in the ICO someone could even double their holdings with the same amount that you used during your ICO purchased. So for me it will be wise to purchase in the exchanger but the risk is few of them wants to delayed their market launch due to market situation.
I also noticed that if the bounties are released in the same date with the investors the possible scenario is the coin/token will going to dump once it hits the exchanger, so better sell and rebuy once it dips because no matter what they say the bounties are free money and someone which is not a hodler will going to sell her/his holding once the coin/token hits the market ( always check the realease date of the bounties). I'm not an expert but tried to share my insights according to my experience, I'm an small ICO investors and the same time bounty hunter. Thanks and Godbless!!!

Bear market was never a good timing when it comes to investing because you wont have any assurance and gains with the bear market,the investors are too scared to put their money to these new projects that is why most of the ICOs are postponing or moving their ICO sales to the next month,so prevent the bear market madness.

[Nagricoin]

You will never find the best time to invest. It is either too late already to buy (when the prices are really high) or the market just seems dead as now. Don't wait until the right time. It will never happen. And then you will suffer from FOMO.

You are right.
No one knows what will happen after few days)

[zhangcaisbsbn55]

I noticed that most of the coins/tokens that was launch now are almost behind their ICO value by almost 25-50%, Basically if you purchased in the ICO someone could even double their holdings with the same amount that you used during your ICO purchased. So for me it will be wise to purchase in the exchanger but the risk is few of them wants to delayed their market launch due to market situation.
I also noticed that if the bounties are released in the same date with the investors the possible scenario is the coin/token will going to dump once it hits the exchanger, so better sell and rebuy once it dips because no matter what they say the bounties are free money and someone which is not a hodler will going to sell her/his holding once the coin/token hits the market ( always check the realease date of the bounties). I'm not an expert but tried to share my insights according to my experience, I'm an small ICO investors and the same time bounty hunter. Thanks and Godbless!!!

Thanks for your kind warning and I can make more money with this.

[lancer10]

I think that everything is not so bad and it's worth to be perhaps a little more attentive to ICO in which you take part, but as always a lot depends on both luck and intuition...

[usd.dev]

In my opinion, now is just a very good time for investing if you have dollars, but selling digital assets to buy other digital assets is a silly occupation, since the whole market is in the lower position and it's easier to buy assets precisely for dollars and euros. But this is my personal opinion which may be incorrect in the framework of other arguments.

[arthurgrand]

This is the cheapest price you will get most tokens of good projects for the rest of this year. So grab as much as you can because form here it will be a bull run

[i40u]

The most stable indicator of the success the ICO have a whitepapers. You can always evaluate his mind the real picture of the project and make the right decision.

[Narinderkaurklk]

This is not a good time to invest in an ICO because so many ICO listed below their initial offer price. If you Invests in already proved coins of this market, it will gives you huge returns.

[babysweetTiger0401]

I noticed that most of the coins/tokens that was launch now are almost behind their ICO value by almost 25-50%, Basically if you purchased in the ICO someone could even double their holdings with the same amount that you used during your ICO purchased. So for me it will be wise to purchase in the exchanger but the risk is few of them wants to delayed their market launch due to market situation.
I also noticed that if the bounties are released in the same date with the investors the possible scenario is the coin/token will going to dump once it hits the exchanger, so better sell and rebuy once it dips because no matter what they say the bounties are free money and someone which is not a hodler will going to sell her/his holding once the coin/token hits the market ( always check the realease date of the bounties). I'm not an expert but tried to share my insights according to my experience, I'm an small ICO investors and the same time bounty hunter. Thanks and Godbless!!!

almost all bounty hunters here know that to obtain bitcoin they must partake in any form of ico project. And all ico have their own risk involve, but most ico also give profit to anyone whether you are investors or participants to their campaign. Therefore, all ico here are a kind of opportunity here to everybody.

[kllondd]

Just need to enter the ICO from the perspective of the project itself and its innovations, not only from the position of money. If you only want to earn, then the moment may never come.

[sazon84]

In my opinion, this period is better to wait out, and not yet invest in ICO.  Now, many projects can not collect the right amount, because the Eth rate has fallen dramatically.  If the project team tied the value to the dollar, then they collect the necessary amount.  The rest are forced to extend and defer ICO.

[redsun114]

I noticed that most of the coins/tokens that was launch now are almost behind their ICO value by almost 25-50%, Basically if you purchased in the ICO someone could even double their holdings with the same amount that you used during your ICO purchased. So for me it will be wise to purchase in the exchanger but the risk is few of them wants to delayed their market launch due to market situation.
I also noticed that if the bounties are released in the same date with the investors the possible scenario is the coin/token will going to dump once it hits the exchanger, so better sell and rebuy once it dips because no matter what they say the bounties are free money and someone which is not a hodler will going to sell her/his holding once the coin/token hits the market ( always check the realease date of the bounties). I'm not an expert but tried to share my insights according to my experience, I'm an small ICO investors and the same time bounty hunter. Thanks and Godbless!!!

That's why I somehow have double thoughts (and for sure many are) about the idea in joining an ICO. Instead of participating even in the presale stage, where the most bonuses are offered, it is now a wise choice to just wait for it to hit the exchanges and let the dumpers do their job. But of course, if this is how we all think, I'm afraid there will be no more successful ICOs in the future, lol.

Prices of tokens usually drop when the ICO’s are over and are listed on the exchanges. People usually dump their tokens in order to secure their profit, which surely causes crash in the price of tokens.

In such situation, if the project you have invested in has good potential and good roadmap, you can wait for it to recover again and rise above the price for which you bought it at initial coin offering in order to check your loss and gain profit.

But I would recommend you to stay awake in the market and dump the tokens as soon as you receive it if you are earning profit by doing so.