Why they would be trash ? Are you gonna just pick one of them blindley ? you should of course do some research about them, and yes anyway even by doing so  there is a possibility you lose a lot but it's cryptocurrency afterall, if you're uncomfortable risking even by this strategy, stocks would be a better option for you.

Best way to do this is to pick multiple coins and tokens instead of just one, the number of chosen coins will depend on how much you are investing, and finally the most important thing is to never invest all the money you have, 20-25% of what you have maximum is what I suggest.

Now it's not really that easy to just pick one and enjoy profit, those good days are gone, Better to just look into some new project with low market cap with potential that pissibly can do 2-3x

We most likely will see another mini-run to 170-175ish around fork time, and then continue of more downside again