what the title says 
I'm keeping most of my coins in offline wallets so I can control the private keys. I continue to hold a small amount on an exchange for trading but I will stop all of my trading before August 1 as well. I just want to be safe in case there are issues with the fork. Within a few days after the fork, we should have a good idea how to move forward.
I did the same, as a matter of fact I sold a lot of my altcoins because i expect the market will remain turbulent for the next couple of weeks.
After 1/8 I wait for the ByteBall drop and then I will start buying altcoins again.