Quote from: ipominer on August 21, 2014, 04:38:40 AM

Quote from: midgegaunt on August 20, 2014, 06:50:23 PM

I own 140mh/s ASIC miners, you will probably see me on the mining list somewhere most days (midgegaunt).
I have come to the solid conclusion that clevermining and other multi pools with not present a ROI... ever...
I place my hopes in ipominer. Limited to SCRYPT algos I hope one day you guys jump on a coin that will become my saving grace.
$15,000 spent on mining gear is worrying when I fail to see a return.
For now, I am bag holding all of my mined coins until possibly in 12 months they will be worth significantly more. Do you think this is the best course of action?

Awesome, glad to have you mining with us! I completely agree with your analysis of large multi-pool mining, which is why I started ipoMiner. If you mine the same group of large hashrate coins as everyone else.. you'll see the same not-that-great returns they do.

Now, for new coin mining, it is easy to figure out what a truly optimal strategy would be: you would sell coins that will go down in the future (more than 90% will) and hold the ones that will go up.

Since none of us are psychic, we more realistically have three imperfect options:

1) Hold everything: If you can afford it, this *may* be the winning strategy. Unfortunately, most miners can't afford to hold every coin they sell, and if they do they probably will still somehow miss time their sell on the 1:100 that does astonishingly well.

2) Sell everything: When you have mined a coin and see profit that you're happy with, sell. This strategy yields the most consistent profits, but also means you miss out on the big winners.

3) A hybrid of #1 and #2: According to your individual risk tolerance and budget, sell enough of your mined coins on a regular basis to achieve the level of consistent profit you want/need. Hold on to some portion, whether that's 5%, 15%, 50% according to your risk tolerance/budget in case a coin later goes up dramatically.

Personally, I try to separate my mining of coins from trading of them. I've personally sold several huge winners way too early (BC, VRC, CINNI, and others). If you can afford to hold every coin you mine forever to see if it turns into a big winner, that may be a reasonably sound strategy as I described in #1 above. Since most miners can't afford to hold every coin for long periods, #3 is more likely to yield the most consistent results while still leaving room for extraordinary profits on a few coins that do well long-term.

Thankyou for your feedback, I appreciate your time.
I am goin with option 3 but with more emphasis on option 2

I am placing my faith in your coin selection and will leave my miners on your MP (3333). Then in several months maybe a year I will hopefully hold enough coins to make my money back plus extra!
Good thing is I can afford (just) to not withdraw my money from mining and currently doing very well trading coins separately.

Thanks again mate, glad you are an active member here.