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Hi @coindaddy :) Can I just call you Daddy? :P

"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name" - Fort Minor, Remember the Name

Sorry for getting a little cocky here :D

There's no perfect recipe for this.
I just put some USD and BTC in my trading account and then go through all the markets/pairs (i.e. PIVX/BTC, EMC/USD, etc.) and based on:

  • current price
  • transactions volume
  • first 10 buy orders + first 10 sell orders
  • history for 1day, 7days, 1month, 1year
  • how new is that coin
  • info on https://coinmarketcap.com/ for that coin
  • project plans, tech used, team
    I pick 1 or 2 and buy with an average of 100$/pair and then place the sell order for aprox. 150% of the buying price and just leave it there to be filled in the future.
    I use Bitcoin Checker (Android app) to keep track of pair prices.
    Don't imagine all my trades were successful, but I'm not bothered about that because I know in the long term they will be.
    I'm just happy that 10 out of (20-30) pairs I trade are very active on a short term basis.

P.S. Send payouts from mining straight to your trading account (don't go through personal wallet) just to avoid a transaction fee.