Quote from: nuke_cat on November 14, 2017, 12:13:11 PM

Hi everyone...this will be my first post, so I want to start with one of the main investing keys of last months, the ICOs!

After participating in different ICOs (more than 10), I have ended with really different outcomes. Therefore I have started to define some key points to review any ICO in order to have a clear picture of the project and a consistent answer based on "YES,definetly is a golden oportunity" or "NO,forget this one"

I would appreciate if you can review my method and give here your key points to evaluate any ICO. If you consider that something is not well evaluate, please I would enjoy your critical answer in order to better analyse the following ICOs (quantstamp, STK, WAX, oyster.,gladius...)

My main keys are:

1) Which is the output of the project?
2) Have the project any competitor or it is really innovative?
3) Is the product to be developed or it is curently delivered?
4) the project solve any real necessity?
5) Is the output a real product (tangible) or not?

The answers to this will determine if the medium and long term are proper for the project. If any answer is not good according to my point of view, the ICO can be considered as "NO,forget". If the answer are positive, we still have to work a little more to evaluate the short term of the project. The short term is as well important because if no momentum is created it can kill the project from the startes or you can end with some tokens whose value is overvaluated once the tradig of them has started.

6) Has the project enough hype to be successful in the sort term? check bitcointalk posts, google trends, reddit posts, telegram groups, slack.. and any other media that can give you some extra info.

7) Has the project undergone previous funding rounds? Try to evaluate the difference in the price of the tokens during the different rounds because if early inversors has been granted with higher discount than ICO round, maybe when the token starts to be traded, the price can dip even lower than ICO values.

8)How is the actual evolution of the crypto market? is it favourable to invest in altcoins (bull state) or it is not the best moment (bear state)?

9)Which is the total Capitalization of the ICO? This can gave us about the greedy of the team that develps the project. I am not saying that they do not deserve an economical benefit from the ICO, because at the end they are the ones will work to mooning your invest! So the thing is try to know which will be the total capitalization of the tokens during their funding rounds.

So, If market cap is low and previous answers are favourable to invest, do not doubt it! It can be a good multiplier of your invest. Grin

Considering that if any important key is not well evaluated or missed...the ICO can end in a huge loss of money or invest in a token overpriced in ICO when compared to its first trading prices.

Have good luck with your investments everyone!

The main factors which you should look out for are :-
1. Team - a strong team is the backbone of a good project and it aids in faster growth of the project.
2. Idea - it is the most important thing to look out for. A project based upon a unique idea has a higher chance to grow.
3. Popularity - popular projects are really stable in the long run.