I get your reasoning @meno and I have done exactly the same a few days ago with Bytecoin.. a couple of weeks ago it was doing great volatility and I was minute trading joyfully, but then it got stuck around below 0.00004 to BTC and I had to kill my hopes of riding that wave further
Suppose the best bet is to stick with the big guns..
if you buy Steem, you can put it to work right away.... that's the big advantage here...