New to Hinge: what should a guy realistically expect?

32, South Asian Male, made my first Hinge profile Sunday night and purchased HingeX.

I’m trying to figure out best practices over these next few days, so I’m curious what the normal experience is for men who have actually used the app for a while, especially in NYC.

A few things I’m trying to understand:

• Is Hinge mostly a game of sending likes yourself, rather than waiting for women to like you first?
• For a guy with a solid profile, is it realistic to expect a meaningful number of incoming likes, or are most matches still going to come from likes you send?
• How long did it take before your profile seemed to “settle in” and you had a decent idea of how well it was performing? Does evaluating take days/weeks?
• For people who have used both regular Hinge and HingeX, did HingeX actually make a meaningful difference?