it is very difficult to know this because it can only be proven by the time and sector increasing suddenly significantly.
Would be great to hear someone, who was previously owning one of those coins, what made him think "ok I believe this sector is going to rise up", maybe something related to certain news, big investors manifesting interest, or some events in the ""real world"" that could have caused this movement.
this is a prediction and indeed everyone can say this because this is only speculative which indeed they say that with the research they do, but for the truth this is actually no one can guarantee it really happened because of the speculative nature itself could be right and could be wrong.
but what is certain is that this can be minimized by the research you do even though it is speculative in nature but it can at least help you in making choices.