Thanks for the list of virtual assets AKA cryptocurrencies to consider. However, I will only focus on these:
Cardano, Stellar, ByteCoin, SiaCoin, Status, and BitShares.
However, they are all about the same w.r.t. BTC which is how you will trade anyway.
I will accumulate - by dollar cost averaging (see my post on my rules:
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@freedomshift/7-rules-for-trading-investing-hodl-virtual-assets-aka-crypto-currencies-rule-4-expanded-and-illustrated
It is good to note that they, and a few others, exhibit a price pattern similar to BTC (July 2013 - July 2015).
So, HODL will be the key for maximum gains.
Look at BTC price chart, Dec 2013 to Dec 2016, give it a little room on both ends. It took BTC 3 years from the ATH then decline and gain back all that was lost.