I recently shifted some focus from Bitcoin to altcoins. In the beginning, I chased hype and it didn’t go well. The times I did better were when I slowed down, read about the project, and made my own decision instead of following noise.
It feels like patience pays more than hype-chasing in this space.
You were not doing wrongly at first for chasing hype, it just that you weren't lucky enough to meet the right one. Most of the altcoin that usually takes time to perform well are the layer 1 blockchain based coin, if you focus more on them and be patient with it, you'll definitely make massive profits enough.