1/ # 3.4 How to know if its a good investment

You need to take in all the data and then weigh up the pro's and con's by checking out the types of information I list below and asking questions.

2/ Something can have many negatives, but it may have one positive (such as very low MC) that makes you think its still the best option for gains.
A lot of what you will do is by using comparison to the performance of other projects.

3/ Remember: By "research" you're not finding some early 'tech' before others or a company doing something big. Your task is to look for projects that have a good chance to get gains and try work out what that potential increase is and over what timeframe.

4/ Do not get sucked into the BS of 'X has great tech, great tech will win in the end'. Crypto is a world of BS. Its a tech fantasy land pitching a fantasy outcome.

5/ If Crypto was the movie 'Wolf of Wall Street' (The majority of people involved in crypto are like something straight out of that movie). You are the sucker on the phone being sold 'Aerotyne Industries' and getting pitched a dream-case scenario.

6/ Your task isn't to believe it, buy into the BS about some tech, and then HODL. Your task is to listen to the pitch, understand the angle. Then work out if you are early enough in that narrative to buy in and get gains. This is what research is.

7/ Youre not reading a bunch of BS from a project, believing it, and buying. Youre trying to find the narrative for price increase and how good it is. Its working out whether other fools will believe that BS and buy it. This does not mean theres no substance.

8/ But for the purposes of what we are doing, in a highly speculative market, that substance is only useful from a narrative perspective.

If everything is still looking good you need to dig into the negatives further. Find the FUD on it.

9/ Go to competitor projects TGs, do a text search on the token name. Find people discussing why its bad. Search on google. You're looking for risks the shillers won't mention
In light of all the info above you need to look at the shilling. Is that a message that you believe?

10/ Would you buy? Will others believe it and buy in the near term? Have other projects in the past in a similar situation gotten gains. Look at how those comparable projects did.

11/ This comparison with other projects is the primary way you need to gauge somethings potential but make you are comparing similar types of projects. This is why its important to be immersed in crypto and knowing whats happening.

12/ Learning the above takes time/practice/experience.