I'm thinking of mining alternative cryptos and trading them in for BTC and LTC. The alt crypto have lower difficulty and higher profitability.

But I really don't know whether it's worth it. I'll use a GPU miner to mine for Scrypt based currencies then trade them for LTC/BTC.

i shall use 3 Sapphire  r9 280x Dual-x to mine. But I don't know how many e.g., Emerald coins, Cryptogenic Bullion, Mincoin, etc coins shall i be able to mine a day with this strategy. I'll shift between coins depending on profitability.

I am considering this strategy other than mining for LTC directly. I'm wondering if this strategy is better than mining for LTC directly.