Thus my question: when is the best time to get a token in exchange to make a good ROI, and not have too much capital tied down for a long time.
Just do you own research and don't rely on peoples opinions. Suggesting investments to people is a very bad idea, especially when it's something so risky and volatile like crypto. According to statistics, more than 90% of all the coins are losing their value after the ICO. That is why it is important to filter out the bad ones from the good ones.
Get a complete information about the product, team, work progress, future business plans and legal authority of ICO before investing.
Yea Its important to filter out the bad eggs, because while I was going to Icodrops and I stumbled upon their stats list, I discovered that majority of ICOs are dumping post ICO, which really makes me question the essence of ICOs at all.
I understand what you mean. I think ICOs will survive in some form, I just hope that SCAM projects will come to an end. Perhaps market regulation can fix this, or something else, but the situation will improve over time.
The whole market is taking a beating at the moment, and a lot of ICOs are dropping post ICO. This Ita currently ICO winter like some friends will call it so its best to be as picky as possible when choosing ICOs to invest in & you can also decide to wait out the ICO and get some good coins as soon as they get on exchanges