I personally doubt that the alt coin bottom is in yet, at least for the market in general. There may be some that show short- to mid-term potential, but to me personally the risk would be to high to bet on the wrong horse. There's simply too much bullshit abound.
Caveat: I'm pretty much a perma-bear when it comes to alts.
In short you are "gambling" because no one can tell Bitcoin price will go down or go up after the fork. Don't be too greedy, whatever you decide to do, friendly advice
Yep. Trying to get rich quick is a good way to get poor quick.