Is it during the launch of the token trading on an exchange after the ICO? For instance, by waiting for aftermarket trading to begin, you can remove the liquidity/exchange risk.
Do you agree?
The best time is absolutely at the earliest time you can - which would mean the pre-sale. Earliest means biggest bonuses, because you are taking a bigger risk as you don't know whether or not the coin will sell well.
A lot of projects have a descending scale of bonuses, with some offering a huge % bonus at pre-sale.
If I missed both the pre-sale and ICO, but they haven't listed on an exchange yet, is there anyway to buy the tokens? Also, is there a way to check the price or value without that exchange? TIA!
If it's not on an exchange, then it doesn't
have a price, other than whatever the ICO price was.
The price on exchange or coinmarketcap is simply the current trading rate - the price can't change unless it is being traded.