I'm pretty new to trading, currently trying to digest as much information as possible - just have a few questions that I would like to get opinions on...

I'm looking to invest 2BTC into the market. Since my initial is pretty low, I plan on investing the majority of my money into alts. I want to play 60/40 with each coin I invest in, keeping 60% into long-term holds and using 40% for short... hopefully, to get my initial back to invest into bigger coins.

My question is how many coins would be a healthy amount to invest in with just 2BTC? I don't want to spread my money into too many coins since I'll be holding 60% in each coin long term and only playing 40% in short, but then again I don't want to keep my portfolio too small putting myself in a 1 basket situation.

I'm currently looking at:

Siacoin < made 15% during the dip yesterday - wish I had my deposit in from Coinbase so I could've invested a lot more in the market dips, o well :/
Verge
Ark
Ardor
Antshares/NEO
Steem

Other coins I'm looking at as well:

BAT
Golem
Nxt
IOTA

Would appreciate any advice or input,
Cheers