Here are the basic rules:

1. Study yourself about project/team
2. Invest what you can afford to lose
3. Never be too greedy
4. Set yourself targets like when to buy and when to sell
5. Long term or short term
6. Chose some projects in long term nature and some short term
7. Chose exchanges specific your country or who approves KYC/AML and no objections with your account

Here are my long term picks( a year or more) :

1. XRP/Ripple
     This is being adopted by top banking and financial institutions for payments. It is no loss case if you can by around $0.50. It may hit $2 by end of next year. It is up to you to enter now where it is trading around $1.00

2. Power Ledger
    This is another long term player. They just started their partnership with different countries.  It is safe to by around $.60 to $.70. It may go up to $5.00 by end of next year. This has won Australia government funds.

3. Cardano/ADA
    This is another long term player. This has very strong team and well know team from Etherium. It is expected to adopted heavily in Japan for their future blockchain projects. It is safe to enter $.30 to $.40. It may touch $1.50 some time next year.

I will publish short term players in the next article.

Please vote if you like and refer my other blogs

https://steemit.com/crypto/@crypto-champ/invest-wisely-in-crypto-to-gain-what-you-can-t-gain-in-life-time

https://steemit.com/crypto-coins/@crypto-champ/cryptocurrency-tokens-vs-coins