"The market is so bad right now, it's lowered everyone's expectations. If a project launches without tanking, the whole internet starts praising it. Even in such a terrible market, we still have to find something worth playing with. After all, we're not financially free yet, so we gotta keep grinding. 1. **Alpha New Coins** Every now and then, a few playable ones pop up. You still need to check the background and token distribution to guess if it's going to pump on contracts. Projects with mediocre fundamentals aren't worth looking at because it's hard for them to take off. If they don't pump within three days of launch, it's usually game over since the hype dies down. For example, that CT project didn't do any marketing, but it launched on contracts the next day. Most likely, they already had an offer secured, so they didn't need to build hype—just needed to maintain the token price. The one that's been doing heavy marketing these past two days probably hasn't secured an offer yet, so they need to push for a pump. The price likely won't drop much in the first three days, but after that, who knows. 2. **Alpha + Secondary Market Contracts** I've mentioned this before: retail investors should watch OI (open interest) and trading volume, and also check the K-line patterns. If you like to front-run, go ahead and do that. If not, wait for the breakout and then chase. Just stick to strict take-profit and stop-loss strategies. 3. **Mainstream Coins Listed on Spot Markets** This depends on the overall market stabilizing. Only then will the old market makers come out to play. These are usually well-established projects with decent market caps. Before they pump, there’s almost always some news to go along with it. If you buy in after seeing the news, the chances of getting stuck are pretty low. 4. **On-Chain** I only play second-stage moves. Lately, there haven’t been any second-stage plays, so there’s nothing to do." #Crypto #Alpha #DYOR