That's an interesting perspective, you believe it'll have a leading position but you want to wait for a better time to trade it?!
Don't you think it's close to a bottom, if it has not already hit bottom? Do you have a specific price in mind or are you judging if the time to buy is right or not based on every day data?
Ripple will bottom out when Bitcoin stops teasing traders with dumping every significant price advances. All depends on BTC. When the first true sign of a trend reversal which is increased volume and resistance-breaking rallies, I will start buying XRP.
So when BTC starts doing higher highs and lower lows, when altcoins will be probably still lagging, that's when you see an opportunity. Because of how this stupid market works, I'll agree with you! That's how things are most likely to unravel.
However I don't believe this is how things should have been. People who have grown tired of futures manipulation in BTC should go to the second best thing which is XRP until we brake out of some people's control. I believe there's enough real value to support BTC XRP and ETH, but right now the real value is being overshadowed by short trades which are supported by air.