How do I get in on ICOs? Better yet, how do I get in on ICO pre-sale, when the price is low?
Answer: go to this web site
https://www.cointelligence.com/ico_list
Then visit every single company and look for a place to enter your e-mail address. They will contact you to make sure you are not a US person (or another restricted jurisdiction). Have some Ethereium ready, send it to the address they give you, provide them with a return deposit address, and get an e-mail confirmation. At the time, or just before, the ICO the company should deliver your tokens. If it's a fraud you get nothing. 80% of ICOs failed last month. If it's legit, you get your tokens.
There can be no question the ICO and token markets today function much like the unregulated US stock market of the 1920s (but with crazy high tech). Small penny stocks enjoyed rapid appreciation and regulators were nowhere to be found as schemes and frauds abounded. Unlike the 1920s, the frauds today are primarily international. Be assured, however, regulators are watching and waiting and in the era of the smartphone and global interconnectedness, markets, and rules, evolve quickly.
Check out this site to help understand the ICOs - it's a starting point only: https://www.wings.ai/#!/home/discover
The rules are coming so if you want to take big risk now is the time. Realize that all financial decisions should be made in concert with your tax, legal and financial advisors. All speculative investing means you can loose it all! So, be smart, if you intend to play keep it small so you can live to fight another day, and if you win big it can make a difference. It is better to receive wisdom than to earn wisdom - to take it from one who knows - if you plan to dive in - dive in with 15-20 at least, NEVER just one. Even if you think you know an investment is a lock, YOU DON'T actually know - that is a truth.
For some investing wisdom check out this site: https://www.principles.com/
A final word, if you are a non-US person and happen to be in the US when you go to register for an ICO or ICO pre-sale, be sure to use a VPN to change the country IP address of your browser. I recommend TunnelBear, but there are many others.