It is amazingly confusing for me to understand whether to buy ETH or BTC to trade for ALTS. I plan on holding a good % of BTC and ETH in my portfolio, but when it comes to these fluctuating BTC and ETH prices, I'm never sure whether to buy one first to trade for ALT coins.
Any suggestions?
BTC should be the first priority. Bitcoin is the safest cryptocurrency for investment because it has the biggest market cap among all of the cryptocurrencies that exist.
Always the first priority. I really have only tried trading Ethereum pair once just to increase my Ethereum holding, but at the end if we are to face it, virtually all altcoins including Ethereum are in one way or the other subject to bitcoin, so I just prefer trading bitcoin pairs instead to increase my bitcoin position. Nevertheless, it all depends on the person in question, and what he has chosen to trade with.