Coins like BCH are similar; they are mostly manipulated by whales, but BCH won't behave as erratically as XRP, which can have a massive bull market move in one go, perhaps because it doesn't have as much money behind it, after all, it's not an infinite supply coin. If the bull market comes and the major coin rises, but these older coins haven't started to move or are still underperforming, it could be a good time to enter, as the entry point is crucial. The older coins refer to ETH, LTC, BCH, ETC, and XRP.