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Q4 has historically been good for Bitcoin. Is it time to buy now, and are you going to do so?

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Absolutely, there's no time bad to invest in something good. Q4 seems to bring some good news for the community. There are anticipations in the market, for bitcoin to touch the milestone of $20,000. I think this is far fetched looking at the current state of market. But the next year it is going to be 10 years for bitcoin and hopefully it again sets a new trend and the maarket turns green like it was before!

When viewed in terms of technical bitcoin is still fluctuating in the area of $ 6xxx, bitcoin must be penetrated $ 8xxx then it will be the start of the positive trend towards the $ 10000 area and will continue to rise, I am still waiting in the area to confirm the direction of the trend.

But I'm sure bitcoin will be positive at the beginning of the year, this is because of the SEC in 2019.

I would say it's a good time but not only because of that Q4 prediction. It's a good time and been a good time since around March when Bitcoin hits $6,000. Bitcoin has been in this price range since 6 months ago so the support at $6,000 can be considered very strong and this might even be the bottom for last year bull run correction. It's unlikely that Bitcoin would break below 6K.

History repeats itself  ;D My intuition says me that bitcoin will reach a height up to $10k at the end of this year.
Albeit it is not necessary that what happened all these years shall happen this year too. Last year was an achievement for bitcoin but I hardly doubt that the same will happen this year since there are no positive news about BTC this season. If there was to be a bull run, it should have been started by now but it didn't which indicates that bitcoin won't show much growth during the 4th quarter of this year.

indeed now is the right time to buy bitcoin because when bitcoin prices go down and we can save it for a long time if the city wants to make a profit because the price of bitcoin will not continue to be in the current price competing will rise in the coming year because it is seen from the volume of bitcoin which is increasingly difficult to mine.

Each season has its own goodness to invest but to everyone's understanding December has been the uplifting month of each year.

The charts says it all and its possible that it will follow the same trend.

There was actually a slight decrease in q4 2014.


This bear trend resembles 2014 more than the bullish years.

The price Q4 2014 went from about $320 to $313. A 3% drop over the quarter. It then kept falling in January.

This is a post crash year. If the trend repeats, we get one bad quarter and then three good ones.


Now whether the patter repeats or not is a completely different argument and I can't think of the many factors that play into this. Perhaps people need 365 days to forget a crash and all the negativity?

I don't know.


There is another way to look at it however. Out of the last 4 years in 3 out of 4 bitcoin increased over Q4.

not sure if BTC will skyrocket in Q4, but it is certainly a good time to buy!
we are for sure bottoming out, and if you are strong believer and have not gathered yet 1 full bitcoin, this would be the time to do so.

future prices and availability will prevent you from gaining 1 BTC in the longer future.

I hope for your sake that the previous years price history will repeat it self in this year.  :P  I was hoping for the same to have

a good Black Friday and also a good Xmas, but all signs are pointing to a pretty boring final quarter for 2018.  ??? We have

been wrong with our predictions before, so I am not going to over spend on bitcoins in the hope that previous price trends

will be in our favour. Just use common sense and regard Bitcoin as a high risk investment and most of us will be fine.  8)

 My bitcoin prediction for the 4Qtr is at least  to reach 10k. I believe that it would happen by december where there will be more fiat money to spend because of the long christmas celebration and where fiat monies  are everywhere.

Lets hope it still pumps out same way this year, for me last December was very much of a flash. It didn't stay longer and had more sorrows than joy because people are still gnashing their teeth at the moment.

I don't think we will see bitcoin below six thousand again.  Now is the time to buy.  If you wait for lower prices you will be waiting forever and miss out on the next bull run.  Also, time in the market always beats trying to time the market.

Until the end of this year, I still found it difficult to believe that bitcoin would have bullrun, the possibility was very small. except if there are certain events at least in early November, because if there are no events that attract investors, bitcoin will only be stable

There is no doubt bitcoin has shown us amazing sudden changes in price before and i believe we will see crossing $20k level again.
It is not wise to say we shall see $20k or $30k within a week but also not impossible if bitcoin gets bigger backs from whales

The period of accumulation for 2018 is shorter compared to the previous years. Also, given that bitcoin has a higher baseline compared to these previous years, only a handful can really buy at this price range, and not really ideal for huge buys unless you're a crazy millionaire (lol). If anything, I see that the next few months will exhibit more of a sideways movement rather than a bullish movement. There are indicators that we're in for some surprises on Q4 2018 but those aren't enough to floor the gas pedal on bitcoin.

Buying Bit coin does not have a specific time that is right. It all depends on the amount of money you have, and the amount you are willing to invest. But coin is a very good coin so when you are investing in it, you should not be scared because you will definitely make profit.

Its on the record that last December was the best. Many have been FOMOed when they saw on how bitcoin reached nearly $20000.

If it won't come this year, we still have 2019.  :D

Timing the market is usually a big no-no, because nobody knows what is going to happen, and usually end up worse of than hodling.

As as general rule, you want to buy low sell high. That's super cliche but it is true. Right now the markets are low. So yes, now is a good time to buy. It doesn't mean that the market can't continue to go down further. It may. But where we are at, in the long-term, is a great time to buy.

Also, less sexy but often better is to do a dollar cost averaging approach.

Hello,

Difficult to be sure that the diagram will be repeated this year, as since january it have been a difficult year and that decreased trust of many investors. but I think there is high chance and if there is only a small real increase it will launch quickly end year bullrun

I think everyone must have some bitcoin that is the fact. But if you want to make money with bitcoin you have to invest at least $100.000 i believe. The lower ammount wouldn't make profit, if you invest low than 100k you should go to the altcoins markets or should try some ICO's. Butbe careful with the ICO's in these days. They could be scam..

Every time is a good time to secure a place in crypto-space, though there are times not suitable for buy. In my own perspective, Q4 might not be the right world but the market in general beckon on everyone to make hast to invest. Making this move at this point in time will definitely yield more profits when the bull run start.

Good analysis there. I do feel the same somehow, 2018 seems to be a really bearish year and the sight of the bull is nowhere to be found.

But as they say, there is really no good nor bad times in bitcoin, all has been progressive so far. But should your prediction be right regarding the bearish season pushing through till next year, giving us a not so pricey 1st quarter 2019 but a bullish next 3 quarters to come afterwards, then i think a lot of people will be happy to endure few months more till that happens.

If you do not hold from another price then this level is good according to situation. Seems bottom is near this level but we can see some decline again

Well if you ask me, the best time for this year has passed but it's still a decent time right now if you're looking for long term profits. It becoming quite difficult nowadays to tradr short term.

Q4 predictions are not a reason to invest now, because I see, at any time it will be profitable if we can read the direction of the market. But because the crypto market is currently falling and this is an opportunity to invest when Bitcoin reaches $ 6,000. Bitcoin has been in this price range since 6 months ago so support at $ 6,000 can be considered very strong and this might even be the basis for last year's bull run correction.

The story may repeat. But I still wait. Growth cannot be instantaneous. If there is a favorable news background, the price will rise gradually. Then you should make a purchase decision.

Yes inagree on that, this time is still the very best time to invest I believe that investing bitcoin today is really an advantage fue to its amazing falling of price, the can of gaining a huge amount of profit is always there on the line we only neexvto wait for the right time to sell during rising seaon.

I don't look at this year as another 2014 with 2015 yet to come. If we look at the fundamentals we are in a different setup. 2014 continued in a bearish pattern in 2015 because exchanges were banned in China and 2013 was bullish because of China. The biggest exchanges in the world were in trouble following Gox bankruptcy. There are no fundamental problems now. It's a normal correction.

I will definitely be buying more with the hope that the end of the year price surge will take place and translate to good profit for me. For over three years, I have made very good end of year profit and I hope that this year will not be different. This year has so far not been good for cryptocurrency.

There is no time that is term right to buy bitcoin due to the unpredictable nature of the bitcoin market, because the level of volatility in the market price is high and at that no one can predict right in the market. All we need to do is to understand the market and how it work's once the two things are in place you can easily make your own analysis.

Historically it looks good for Bitcoin but chart wise it seems like BTC will skip this Q4 rally this year. Not unless it becomes bullish in its chart I don't see how it will repeat a Q4 rally this year. This might be the first time in a long time that BTC is showing strong bearish movements, so strong that even other cryptocurrencies follow its price movement. If you want to speculate be my guess but I think you should observe the market now on its current situation and not compare it to its past price movements from its other year/s.

check all tıme btc charts, and you wıll see the big picture, for the short term it can go down to 4000 usd but it seems hardly, we are at 6500 for now and there is a good support, but the big picture is same, btc will go to 100k-250k usd, if it cant go these prices it will go down :) under 1000 dolar

Q4 prediction of bitcoin ?
I guess there will be an increase in bitcoin during this year's last quarter, It would be between $8,000 - $9000 in my prediction, although charts and historical data or prices are not real indications of what the price would be rather they are a mere form of reference speculation.

Time to by now ?
Since there are no limitations to what the price of a bitcoin could be, there is no wrong time to buy, sometimes can only be more strategic than the other.

There were unexpected movements of cryptocurrency price in Q4 usually in the past years, not only bitcoin but altcoins as well.
But the question is, will this year be the same as past years in crypto ? We cannot predict crypto because it's value changing often.

The Value of BTC is just in down trend now, if you compress that chart in month basis then you can fin that it is just declining day by day. I have no hope to see the up trend in this quarter also.

it is very ok for anyone to buy bitcoin now going by this chart. But there's no time in particular to invest in bitcoin, though from historical data the ember season has always bring good tidings for bitcoin community and we strongly hope this month year isn't going to be different especially as we approach a decade since the existence of bitcoin.

Most people rely on predictions in which it was predicted by most famous experts that Bitcoin price will bounce back before this year will end so with these previous Bitcoin market movements then i think it is the best time to buy now while the price is much affordable to purchase because who knows that the bullish run is now really just around the corner and we might miss the ride.

I have bought some bitcoin at a price of $ 6000. I hope Bitcoin will return to bull run. I think it's not late to buy Bitcoin. because currently the price is stable at $ 6500. So we just wait to see support going up. with the predictions that you provide this makes me believe bitcoin will rise again.

Crypto is one of the best platform to trust and invest at anytime. Hence you can yes go for buying coins as many as you wish analyzsing the current market trend. Good work on drafting the graph on Q4. Hope the Q4 fulfills the expectation not being like Q1, Q2, and Q3. To look these quarters in a positive angle yes, a great time we had in buying coins with cheapest rates and still we can do so. I do predict that the 4th quarter would end up steadily at $11000 and 2019 would begin with minimum $10000 after fluctuations if any.

most people in this forum don't hold large amounts of btc, they only have altcoins and hope that increasing btc will bring high value altcoins

it looks like 2015, 2016 and 2017 acted the same way.. really looking forward to see bitcoin going to the moon in december again.. i think it will happen and prolly going to buy some bitcoin in next couple of days

Even though it may seem like a trend, I think that all of these charts came from years which are bullish, or have been the start of a bull market.

If you take a look back at the charts of 2013 you might have actually seen a huge dip at the end of the year which signalled the start of a bear market. Similarly, the markets of the Q4 of 2014 were relatively uneventful as well.

I don't think that it's necessarily a trend that will follow this year given the bearish sentiments that still ensue within the markets. Sideways movements plus some occasional dips to test the $6k support until the end of the year is very likely.

Well, for now all we can do is to just wait and see how things would end up.

The sentiment in the whole crypto space has really been changing for a while now, we can see some of the altcoins, getting extremely bullish to the core and then we have seen the way they are really breaking out with some good volume for some of them, and that is showing that the market could end up green before the end of this year, but really we cannot be so certain yet, until we eventually get to break out from this triangle formation that we are in right now, which is making everyone to be on the lookout as to where we are headed to next.

I guess we just have to remain optimistic, hope for the best, and just believe this would be another Q4 to remember and add to the history of Q4s in the past later on.

In short, nothing is certain even though we saw on how the price or entire market moves out on last 3 months on every year theres still no assurance that it would happen once again of this year.This is why im not really expecting anything for another bullish or nearly bubble run just like what happened on previous years. Confidence and doubt will surely be on mix when it comes to investing yet there are lots of investors wreck out their portfolio.

If we take into account that even in summer, during a downturn, Bitcoin rose to $ 8,500, then by the end of the year, closer to the tenth anniversary of Bitcoin, its price should also rise no less than up to 10 thousand dollars.

That's one thing to consider but also, bitcoin doesn't really follow any certain trend.  We're all hoping that the last quarter trend us sustained and that we'll have considerable growth the next three months but there'll be a time when the trend will be reversed. Better to just be ready for any scenario.

Yes we cannot predict anything about bitcoin like we used to do in the past as this year has been far away from the predictions, Hence we cannot even believe any sort of predictions as well. I think we can only expect the market to correct itself without any eagerness of a further bull market as it looks difficult this year.

I'd like to see long term technical analysis for Bitcoin price prediction...

When people speculate about Bitcoin price without any analysis that can back that up, it is not very serious and wouldn't advise anyone to take that in consideration when deciding to buy/sell

Actually no need any thoughts mate and opinion .  Because indeed it's up to you if you can afford the amount . Which is amount you can afford to lose.  because predictions is only a prediction only to guid us.  But of course to avoid such issues much better make technical analysis to ensure the circumstances and to assure the rignt timing to buy.   

Agreed. The OP's case is pretty shoddy. He's only considering the last 3 years, and we only have a 9-year sample set.

Masterluc/PentarhUdi is a well-known analyst from this forum. His latest chart is bullish, and is a simple log trend analysis: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/c2DYFwXO-Bear-time-is-near-to-end/

We basically need to break out of this price structure (https://twitter.com/PeterLBrandt/status/1037500744151097344). The breakout should dictate the next major trend.

I think it will move and not keep being this stagnant anymore. Stagnancy is the thing that kills bitcoin and the interest into it. Don't get me wrong it is the interest that makes bitcoin what it is today, if people stop caring about bitcoin than there wouldn't be enough buyers to cover the sellers which would mean the price will go down insanely.

We need to keep bitcoin fresh and constantly hyped and interesting, if people lose interest in it and bitcoin becomes something as boring as gold than that would mean price might get bigger each year a bit but nothing major will ever happen in bitcoin.

Yes. Its too stable. The bears will soon get bored and move to something else.

Yeah, this is what a whole lot of people have been hopeful for right now and are waiting to see how the Q4 of this year would also turn out. We are seeing some possible signs of bullish movement though, but nothing is certain yet and like someone said in another thread, it is like we are in a crossroad with a lot of pointed directions and not knowing which one to take at the moment. However, looking at the charts displayed, we have always ended up seeing those cross roads in the past with Q4 coming up with some bullish activity. Hopefully we end up having a sweet Christmas gift again this time around.

I believe halving and adoption by major business or stand by a government will do all the needful things to keep bitcoin afresh in people's opinion. Until bitcoin prices get stabilized, I believe people will not get bored of it.

Buying bitcoin now is the best investment decisions every wise investors should make and in two or three weeks to come makes good profits.  Cryptocurrencies market is always full of activities every forth quarter of the year and that means now is the best time to buy.

I hope your analysis is right because if you realize that all the cryptocurrency movements up and down can occur easily and quickly and it could be when prices start to rise again there will be bad news trying to destroy the price of bitcoin because some time ago it often happened That, I hope this really can start to rise again because now it has begun to enter the area at the end of the year and I really hope that the price of bitcoin can rise again.

It's going to be a thought decisions for these still sitting on the fence holding their fiat wanting to get a good position in bitcoin.

They have to either keep waiting and pray that the now mythical $5.5k ish resistance line gets broken and buy the dip, or don't do so and miss the boat as the final dip could have already been played, which would lead us to a couple of months of a stable price similar to how we were at $150-300ish for months then we exploded back to ATH, and once we hit ATH, we went x10 there, so next time could be 6 figures time. Do you really want to miss that trying to time a perfect bottom? I wouldn't so I would buy now and have a strong hand.

I have already bought for a long time and I hope that the growth of snvo will repeat and we will be able to earn well on this as in previous years

I do hope for bitcoin will bring good to the users that we could see bitcoin to a bullish run. And I think this is still good catch to buy some at this point. Time to buy now while the rate level is not that high.

As of this moment it's never too late, but should not do it later because according to the trending of previous year now is the time to buy before the bullish take its full throttle before its too late. Be ause forecast never  been failed for several years.

It is even better that if you can really not do analysis on your own and get good at knowing what you are looking for in every trend and in every market, then the best thing to do is just to simply buy and hold rather than stressing yourself on what people are saying or what someone is saying even if they are analyzing the market.

There is really no need to be looking for a time to buy, the market is in a dip and I wonder when someone would actually tend to see the best time to buy again than now. At least, a whole lot better than buying the peak which some people gullible did while joining FOMO. We are presently in a structure where no one can actually tell where the market will break out to, but for now, we just have to be patient and wait for it, and if you cannot, just buy in and forget the rest about the short term.

This year from January till now has been bearish and many investors are still holding bitcoin that was purchased above $10,000. We are not going to have bad price in some months to come and that means bitcoin is going to recover and we just need to keep holding and selling now will be at loss.

Patience is a virtue. I think it's pretty reasonable for people to wait for signs of an uptrend before buying in. We could certainly fall out the bottom of this range and find ourselves with an opportunity to buy at half the price. To each his own.

I also think we have a longer term "quiet" period ahead of us before the next bull run to all time highs. (Like 2015-2016)

Even in the past, no one has the ability to predict what the price of bitcoin would be in the short term or in the long term and all we deal with when it comes to the market is pure probability based on different signals and trend which is why the saying that trend is your best friend is always the best move to make most of the time.

We are already in Q4, no one can tell exactly what will happen in the next 1 minute, but one thing is actually certain and that is the fact that however, the market will move, time and trend will tell us in the long run and all we can just do is to be patient.

It is always never too late and most especially looking at the way things have been over the years and the way things are getting now, the essence of investing now cannot be discarded at all.

We cannot tell what the future holds actually, but we can at least know that there is a big chance to see the future becoming extremely great. In that case, picking the dips now and accumulating is always a very great option. An option a lot of people usually do not want to always take because they are scared and that is what has made a lot of people to miss out from the past. As long as you are buying the dips, you are making the right decisions and even if it goes down more, just buy more.

I think buying right now and the Q4 are very different stuff from each other. Do I believe that the price of bitcoin is at as low as it gets for a long time? Yes, I think anyone who buys right now will profit in the long term.

However do I believe that the price will go up right away during the Q4 of 2018? I am not sure, I think it has a chance of going up for sure however just a chance and I am guessing and don't know what will happen for %100. So in the long run yes it is a great time to buy but do not buy if you are expecting a result in q4, just buy because in the long run it will return with great results however long it takes.

That is really a very good thing. For those who are seeing that the future is great, I am sure buying in now is actually some pretty good bargain from them and at least far better off than buying at the previous ATH.

The chances of the market to recover will always be there and that makes it a whole lot interesting. As long as growth is concern, this is something that is inevitable as long as the market is not dead which I believe we all know this is a market that is just starting its journey with a lot of opportunities in the long run and there is still a huge opportunity for those who will like to hop into the train early.

It's hard to tell but most of the charts shows that bitcoin do changes during at the last 3 months of the year. So, if bitcoin won't have a bull run this year then it might occur next year. It's the best time to buy now since it was dumping again to almost $6000 and let's just wait for the pump next year.

It's a good time to buy more bitcoin and save it for future. Now the price of bitcoin is very low at any time the market will recover till that hold it with patience.

Did the recent fall indicate that it might not be the case this year? That this year will be different from the previous ones?

We will see. Might have just been a small market correction. It happened on the same day the stock market had a rough fall. I'm still positive looking into the last quarter.

The market will indeed return with great result as you said but i don't see that happening this year base due to the fundamental movement of crypto currency price. Concern the price of the market to have reach it lowest price for this year. My answer is no because the crypto currency market usually gain the deepest dump when it December holiday.

Hoping for a recovery & mini bull run before the New Year. Will it be possible? Who the fuck knows!

Even how the chart shows still bitcoin will raising up the price and not less than in the previous year price. It means how long you hold still you have a profit, but who knows. So, let us wait when the market recovers from the drastically down into bull run, and the question is, are you ready for that? Have you invested a lot? Well, it is the right time to invest as much as you can, buy more and store it in a safe place and I am sure that you have your profit when the right time comes.

Buy bitcoin only if you see an opportunity to make money, I say this because even if I think that the price of bitcoin is very low and that it should go up at least a few thousand dollars, the recent correction that we saw in a matter of minutes should tell you that the market right now is not ready to go up in the way we want, so for the time being I think it is better to just watch what the market does in the next days and weeks.

Is this not enough to just buy bitcoin now instead of asking so many question? Does bitcoin still going to go down far more than this? I think it is the right time because it doesn't even move from $6k if you look at the chart. Buy more now and hold it until it come back or until you could gain some profit from it.

OP that depends on your plan, in Q4 the price of bitcoin is still above the price of $6000, I guess this price is still at the lower price. If you have a plan for a short term investment, for instance, you buy bitcoin now and it will sell later at the end of this year then I'm not sure you will get a profit, because there is still a high probability that bitcoin prices will still be stable, just my thought.

However, if you choose to invest in long term like for one year then there are still many possibilities you will get the profit you want. I only believe in the potential of bitcoin in the future, might be the price of $20,000 is a price that can be easily passed.

I hope this prediction can be right because the price of bitcoin has been too long at the base price and it's been too long at a cheap price, it should indeed be back at the end of the year to be expensive again as a few years ago the price of bitcoin could become expensive by the end of the year.

frankly, I don't really understand the problem because I'm new to bitcoin, but I'm sure that now is the right time to buy. it is very easy to get profit with current market conditions because bitcoin prices rise and fall very quickly.

To be honest the market is unpredictable sometimes up and sometimes down there is no stability in the market. In this quarter the price may be low but I strongly believe it will rock by next month and hopefully you can good profit. Wait for few days.

Well, every time the tumble happens, those fence-sitters must be counting their lucky stars for having the patience to wait. And every tumble, they're probably thinking they were wise to wait.

I'm with those who think this tumble and clamber will keep continuing in spasmodic cycles, I'd been prepared even in 2017 to run the marathon, and only use 2020 as a time to take fresh considerations. So, it's likely those waiting now will keep on waiting, at least until the year's lows so far are retested.

But all it takes is for one clamber to break a level, and then another to reclaim old heights, and then all those sitting on the fence jump back down to get in before it's "too late". As people've pointed out, if you believe in the long run, then it doesn't matter at all if you get in now at 6k, or at a new low of 5k. A 1k difference when Bitcoin records new ATHs? Ridiculous "savings".

Those are the greedy people and wouldn’t succeed what they want. The price as I see will never drop more than $6000 and they will remain wanting that $5.5 to drop and buy at this price. Hope that the price will grow from this point and only serious investors will put their money in it to make profit in the future. This is the right time to make your investment.

Unless you are a genius when it comes to trading I do not see how you can say that is very easy to get profits in the current market conditions, it is true that the price of bitcoin and almost all altcoins can move incredibly fast in one direction or the other but that doesn't make trading any easier it makes it very hard because the movements are completely unpredictable.

If we are just asking about the future price and do nothing then we will always only asking and thinking to invest or not, this is the right time or wait for more. It is the right time and don’t be panic about the future. Go ahead and make your investment today. Don’t waste your time. if the price raise today you will rub your hand with sorrow and could do nothing.

Bitcoin seems to be stabilizing around $6.5-6.6k. It has been like this for the last 3 months. It doesn't seem to be the same way it has been the past 3 years. Very curious to see what is going to happen in November and December.

Yes and more than a week later still around 6500 usd.. I have heard many of my friends not liking bitcoin because of the volatility. What volatility?  ;D

To my opinion only very skilled and experienced traders are making decent profit now and you are right, it's not easy at all.
When it comes to Bitcoin price I also don't think that now it's very convenient time for buying. Price is in current range for longer period and probably will stay so, I don't expect some biger changes until the end of the year, not in positive, nor in negative direction.
But if you have extra funds invest them in Bitcoin, as far as I'm concerned it's always good decision.

Based from the graph presentation, our mind will surely say "yes this is the time to buy and hold". This is the hard part because everything is based on speculation and prediction. Everyone is hoping that history repeat itself but what if, it happens to be opposite,? Are we ready with it?

i will highly recommend to everyone to buy at this moment, because as we know every end of year bitcoin's price are always rise. Do not waste your time thinking about another prediction, trust in your self and learn everything from the past, your experiences will guide you to do your best. Small bull will rapidly comes from November 2018 to February 2019 as usual, so do smart buy and dont be greedy.

Yeah, quarter 4 was always a good time, especially for last two years but even if we say nothing about it, it's still without a doubt great time to buy bitcoin. Price is stable 6000$ and do you remember what happened when price was stable 600$ ? It crossed unimaginable 1000$ and continue growing, expect the same in this situation. Bitcoin won't come below 5000-6000 and it will continue to rise, also keep in mind upcoming fork, price will really skyrocket in years, then I have no idea what will happen.

The same volatility some people are enjoying and hoping as well as wishing it would not even stop at all. That is always the thing, rather than some people to be seeing opportunities in something and learn how they can handle it, they tend to chicken out and stay away which is why we will keep having less rich people than poor people in the world.

It is not a bad time to buy if I am asked considering that a break out upward can be a bit good for anyone who is holding now, and even if we probably get a break downward, it would just be another moment to be buying up.

Honestly, it is impossible to predict the price of Bitcoin because look at the last year charts the price of Bitcoin increased very fastly which nobody didn't expect. Now people are predicting the price of Bitcoin based on the previous ATH, but there is no guarantee whether it will reach more than 20000$ in the coming days.

Yes it is unpredictable indeed but by using price history or comparing the price from the past 3 years you will see that the price of Bitcoin is good on the final quarter of the year and most specially in the last month of the year. Last years price surge on the last quarter of the year according to analyst is because of the new investors from wall street. That means the investors have money unlike new investors that are just starting or just heard about Bitcoin and they wan't to try it out.

Maybe,  it might not happen this way this year as we are having many issues that related to global financial crisis.  If you you look at stock it is going down and forex too and this might translated to cryptocurrencies market in some years to come. I do believe that if we are going to get any bullish it will be very little and not the way it has been in other 4q!

Well, it is a natural thing to psychology feel that the bottom has been reached, at least until it gets broken anyway. For now we have seen the $6k region holding up for a while now, and how that ends up going for the market in the long run or before the end of the year is something we will have to wait for time to tell us.

There is hope and great optimism for the Q4 anyway considering that most Q4s have always been with an uptrend, but when it comes to market, I tend not to want to put so much mind in something, most especially when so many people are putting so much mind and hope in it until I see it happen.

Bitcoin is in a stable condition where its market price remain hovering in the 6,000$ mark. If a bull run is going to happen again this final quarter as expected by many, then buying bitcoin at 6,000$ is not bad at all.

bitcoin prices are very difficult to predict, the results of this analysis can sometimes be wrong so you should be able to remain vigilant because the price of bitcoin could suddenly rise or suddenly fall at a very basic price.

If you said the volatility of bitcoin prices for one week, then your friends was right. Previously the price of bitcoin had a high volatility, only a few hours have experienced a price increase of up to $1000 and had a price decrease of up to $ 1000 in one hour too. I guess they looked at this side, however now the price of bitcoin only has a stable price but I'm sure sooner or later the price of bitcoin will back to volatile.

I believe that buying bitcoin while its market price is down is the best thing to do when you are going to invest. As what i have learn, basic fundamentals of investment should always be applied that's when you buy low and sell high.

there are some difficulties that will be faced to implement it, for example to determine the lowest point. most people wait until the lowest point to buy, but they are too ambitious that they wait too long.

Right now, we can say that this year is not like the previous 3. But 3 months still left of the 4th quarter. Interesting times.

It's already clear that the cryptomarket is not giving any signs of a bull run which means it's still good time to buy bitcoin and other cryptos if your choice. Once you already invested, just be patient on the status of the market and keep on holding your digital assets until the market recovers back.

As the halvening in 2020 approaches, bitcoin will rise again. Also - bitcoin seems to be uncorrelated to other markets (stocks, bonds, real estate) - so I can see some hedge funds getting exposure to protect themselves just in case there is a massive bear market in stocks triggered next year by the Fed tightening interest rates again.

Predictions, lower points and higher points are hard to predict in crypto currencies. You can ask from anyone who is best at Technical analysis and he will tell you that even TA fails when it comes to prediction of price of bitcoins.

In this month if Bitcoin gets the $ 8,000 price, i think the Q4 can possibly happen with Bitcoin. Especially the $ 20,000 price would be breaking the record and we are waiting for the good news coming from Bitcoin and environmental factors.

Hmm, one third of the Q4 now behind us and price is still stable at around $6400
If there's no bull run soon, then it might not happen this year.

If there was to be one I think we would've seen some signs of life in October. Since there were effectively none then we're staying in comaville. Early next year is the hump we now need to get past unscathed as that's often not much fun.

I still hope that btc will reach $8000 before December. Although at the rate it is going it can hardly reach $7000.  All the negative issues should be addressed soon so that at least  the market can somehow recover.

Same here. It doesn't look good right now. I would be just happy if it hit 7k, then it might break out.. 8k would be something really nice though!

wow, btc has been so stable lately.. sitting around the same value for months now
no bull run this year for november and december?

This will gonna be boring if no bull run for this year as most of the investors are waiting for this to happen again. Indeed we need to accept it and have more patient to wait for next year as we have more volatility to come.

ooooh, almost everything green today on coinmarketcap.. could this be the start of a bull run to end the year on a positive note?

Month aftet you posted this.nothing has change regarding in regards thru prices

But even though this was the sentiments i am still believing that before this year end,theres a positive changes in this market to provide smiles in each of everyone’s faces specially this Christmas season

I believe there are possibilities to reach $8k this month, as the value is slowly pumping. This improvement is a good sign for a bull run if this happens then remember that it will skyrocket again. Lets wait patiently and see this scary movie.

im still holding my last bitcoin since the price goes drop from the end of Q1 2018, i will not sell any of my bitcoin for current price. because i used to invest in cryptocurrency with very long term period, its return me more profit rather than doing daily trade or any short term investment. It will be good for us to select potential ICO right now, so the price will rise with the rising of bitcoin trend in every end of year.

If the price will continue to move from 7500-8k+ then we can see a bright days coming into bitcoin Im sure it will continue to climb to 10k if the 8k limit was reached then after 10k to 15k so I predict end of the year will be playing from 15-18k in my opinion this is not based on any technical analysis but my own opinion based on the last few years records.

I would like to think that the price will start to pump but it is already november and there is no movement in the price. I'm guessing it will stay flat until an etf is approved, they hate volatility

As the 3 charts aforementioned, clearly show that the rise was starting in October and here we are in November but the price of Bitcoin remains the same, at $6473 on CMC, barely change at the end of the day.
Most of the cryptocurrencies are much below the last ATH, following bitcoin price, if somehow Bitcoin gains more acceptance and development, we may see it start to climb up again. Let's see what December brings to bitcoin market.

Bitcoin price predictions at the end of this year will experience price increases so that those of you who haven't bought bitcoin so you should be able to buy as much bitcoin as you can right now and don't be late to enjoy the benefits.

Wouldn't it all depend on when you need the money though ?
I mean yeah I think if you want to buy bitcoin it is the perfect time because it is as low as miners would allow it but do we really know when it will go up ?

We know it won't go down and it will go up which is AMAZING in any trade, if someone told you there is something that will give you twice the investment you put in and will never go down you would jump on the chance yet people are not thinking bitcoin that way, why ? Because, we don't know when it will be, we know it will happen but maybe it will be tomorrow or maybe it will be Q4 of 2019 ? Who knows at this point. That is why people are not tying their investments to bitcoin because they feel like they have time to save up or do something else with their money and comeback this summer and the price would still be the same and the worst part is, they could be right.

5500 usd to 6000 usd i assume will be lowest in Q4 2018 and we will go even more deeper in 2019 and then apike again.

for bitcoin price predictions this will usually make a price increase when there is good news and when there are developments that can trigger a rise in the price of bitcoin because when the end of the year there is no good news it will be very difficult to be able to increase prices.

give me a little more pictures of the analysis of your charts for 2018, I will be happy to discuss the price of bitcoin with you here

Would be glad to discuss Bitcoin price with you. What do you think about the market situation right now? Do you see the BTC price changing a lot in November and December, or the stable situation continues?  

By the way, we are almost half way into the Q4 and the price has been stable for months now.

It could be the lowest price for Q4 but high could be anywhere above 10k. the market could just explode on the upside and recovery could be very quick to happen in coming months. Just waiting for the bull run to begin and all those who had being buying different coins may get manifold returns on their investment.

How low will it go more ? I think it will not go below 6000$. Also we are in  November and only 1.5 months are left in the year end. Every year at the end, bitcoin price tends to rise and i wonder if it would happen this time too ? By looking at the current prices, the hope of pump is less.

I think it has been so stable for so long that it won't go down below 6000. I see it only going up, if not staying stable.

I think is a good time to invest now even if will not grow so much in q4 of this year, but next year i think we can see a good price, over 15000$. I will buy as much i can this month and i will hold for long time, at least until get to 50000$. So invest now is better than to wait and buy at higher, and only invest money that afford to lose.

What you think, when will it reach $50k? Last year during the bull-run, a lot of people speculated about Bitcoin hitting the $50k mark this year (2018), but we all see where it is right now. So, will it happen in 2019, 2022, later,?

https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1062292235914362886

This geezer uses blockchain behaviour to predict price. They're saying nothing's pointing to any uptick soon. He's calling Q2 next year for the proper bottom. Dunno myself but I think we're far from done doomwise.

That's a helpful post. Thanks for sharing. Haven't been to his profile before, but seems like he knows what he is talking about.

omg, everything red on coinmarketcap right now.. bitcoin down as well.. just barely over 6200 usd right now.

LOL, look right now. Bitcoin $5.6k  :o :o :o
Almost everything down more than 10% last 24 hours. What is going on?  >:(

EDIT: But wait, that might be the perfect time to buy?

It is still good to buy bitcoin this quarter because bitcoin's market value is still at 6,000$ mark. But if you had bought it when it hits 5,000$ mark several times this year then that would be the best time.

When Bitcoin dipped below $200 people's reactions were the same. The end is here, cryptocurrency is dying, it's all red, but it was the best moment to buy. Such moments appear regularly. It's funny that later on when Bitcoin is gaining value people complain that they could have been rich. That Bitcoin was so cheap. This pattern is repeating every 2-3 years. You get a chance to buy Bitcoin at a discount so take it, don't let it pass you by.

Agree with you, pixie85. It can be a good time to buy now when it is hitting its low point.

i believe that 6k is not yet the real bottom because when i see several news online   ,  most of them compose of bad news that claims bitcoin had decrease its market capital . other altcoins such as bitcoin cash , zcash , ripple  , etc were also falling hard and will continue to go down ( said by a reputable source ) 

So i guess this is the best year for buying bitcoins and other cryptos because they will probably go down evenly up until we end this year but im pretty sure there will be a major recovery that will happen on the year 2019 .

If bitcoin continues to fall until the end of the year, I think it won't recover in 2019. According to the chart, when bitcoin prices have fallen to the bottom, it will take several years to recover and hit a new record.

Yeah, like after the 2013 crash.. it took years to recover. Hope this isn't the case this time though  :(

Really hope so. Just bought some Bitcoins, hoping it will recover in couple of weeks.

Well, it's certainly looking like it, no?

If you stay put long enough you should hopefully be fine eventually. In the meantime go find a fulfilling hobby because I don't think there's much fun on the immediate horizon.

No, no, man you haven’t seen the charming jumps of bitcoin. Since the first day of bitcoin it was under heavy attacks and it dumbed so many times. But see it is still at some five thousand dollars.

It wasn't Bitcoin's fault. Bitcoin follows stocks more closely than we would like. https://www.tradingview.com/chart/FEDFUNDS/htcgAkxZ-Why-I-Don-t-Follow-TA-Anymore-and-Why-Bitcoin-Isn-t-That-Special

Yeah, there are so many doubters now after the bear market. But guys, this has happened before and will happen again. Bitcoin has always outlived these "crashes" and has come back stronger than ever after each of them. So, I wouldn't be very pessimistic about the current market situation. Being in Bitcoin for long-term is the way to go anyway imo.

OMG, that opposite of what has happened in recent years.. total chaos on the market.. bitcoin 4500 usd right now, and it went to as low as 4300 at one point.. will it be going down more? Bloodbath is what I call it

Is it time to buy though? Idk, what you think? ,

Have some money I could put in right now.. I feel like it is a good time for that

History will not repeat itself this time because of the sharp drop in the price of bitcoin this week. Many predictions for possible bullrun at the year end will bound to fail again. With its present price of $4500, this may be the right time to buy bitcoin but it difficult to find the real bottom price so it better to wait for more days before start buying the coin.

It seems that the bear market is going to continue in the medium term. It will take a while for the price of bitcoin to stabilize.

To buy, I would wait, at least, at the end of the hash war caused by the feudal lords in BCH.

He knew.. LTC was $341 that day (12th Dec 2017) and as of today it is $33.. closing to the $20 mark

https://www.upload.ee/image/9211764/IMG_2366.PNG

I'm not sure if now is a good time to buy, because almost all cryptocurrency prices have decreased. I also read the news that this decline will continue, so I currently prefer to see conditions improve because I suffered a lot of losses this month

So what can you say about the market value now?is this what you can say a good thing coming from q4?i guess its not right?
Check the capitalization now,its getting lower than $150 billion and still dropping,so i assume that market will not bringing us any good this year
And the bear will continuously covering the whole market movements.so please stop speculations and this is not our year now.maybe in the next or following year before we gain another December of 2017

We must remember that just because something happened in the past it doesn't mean it will happen again, even if at the end of the previous years bitcoin has showed a positive behaviour it is likely this year is going to be an exception to that rule because I do not see how bitcoin is going to recover.

Yes, but we can see the patterns. In the past, there have been some big crashes in crypto, now again. But you know what has happened every time after a crash? A comeback and a big one. We all remember last year and the sick bull-run that happened. It's going to happen again. We don't know when, but it will happen. So, it might be a very good time to buy right now when the prices are low. Then you don't need to have FOMO when next bull-run happens.

The markets are full of patterns but that does not necessarily mean that we can take advantage of them, I say this because just as you say that a new bull market is almost inevitable we all know what happens after a bull market right? A bear market appears, and look around you and see how damaging the current bear market has been.

That's the time we can officially say that after 2/3 of the Q4 we have seen a great crypto market crash, and this year is totally different when compared to last 3.
Now, I think the question is, how long will it take to rebound to the levels it was during the boom? 2013 crash took basically 4 years to get back to the point it was (if we are talking about Bitcoin price). Will this take as long? Anyway, seems like a real bear market is ahead of us.

Seems so..

Bitcoin broke the under 4000 usd mark again today
No light in the end of the tunnel  ???

To those who are planning for a long term investment, I think this is a good price to consider. We don't know if the fall will continue or it will crawl up again. It's unpredictable as this can rebound after this downfall.   

Look at the upside. You now have the opportunity to buy the dip in a phased manner.
Once the tide turns you will be making money pretty rapidly.

P.S.
The light at the end of the tunnel is a train  :D

It seems there is some calculation mishap on OP's calculation.  though it was better if those who bought during OP's post had bought today instead.  In a long time view, it is good to buy now after all the crash this quarter.  BAKKT is nearing that is believed to be one of the catalyst for the next bull run, though I doubt if it is enough to clear all this FUD in the atmosphere.

I think Q4 will going to be profitable for investors. Now the price of BTC is low so the investors can go for buying/ Investing on btc and hold the coins for few months to get the benefit from btc. Hoping the best to come for Bitcoin in the upcoming days..

This year's Q4 history will be very different from the previous years, where every time we enter the Q4 period, market prices are usually easy to predict, this happens due to the presence of positive indications, such as the emergence of a new group of users, high purchasing power and the level of manipulation still fairly low or small.

Yep.. that's true. There isn't much of the "new money" that was present in recent years. The bear market doesn't favor that.

It is up to us, since from the start of this year, we slowly observed the fall down and still up to now we experienced the down trend. Probably, this is the best time to make some investment because we know the power of volatility.

I can now predict that Q4 for Bitcoin this year is going to be different than last years ;D ;D ;D

it's all green today though.. nice gains in last 24h

saw a coin that was +200%

I guess we have a little bit more time to save the 4th quarter, huh? :D

Late surge, but lets see what's going to happen and if it's just one day thing or will the rise continue a bit more.

I agree with your view. I would also say that this time is the best time to buy. Logically, buying something is profitable to be invested later is when the price in low range. And of course bitcoin will not fall down to deep and break below 6K. Let's hope in the beginning of the year bitcoin will rise and get better after staying in bad range prices.

Totally agree. Even now when the price has been going up for a few days, it is still a good time, because the price right now is nowhere near the peak of it.

Many altcoins which has fallen badly will start rising quickly as market has started to bounce back. BTC is now 3820$+ which is a good sign as for people who thought bitcoin will keep on falling and reach in single digit etc will know that they are missing the opportunity to make money in the event of rise. Keep buying before the market reaches high for this year.

Now we can start doing predictions for Q4 of 2019  ;D

Lol. Waaay too early and the predictions you'll get would probably be just random personal hopes of people who either want bitcoin to go to the moon or drop dead. Even the end of the 1st quarter would be hard to predict.

To the moon in Q4 2019 is my prediction.

Where is the moon, you ask? Idk, I'm not an expert, I'm just guessing, like 99% of the experts around here.

Never too early to predict  8)
I see Bitcoin specialists who speculate about BTC price in 2025 etc. It's just the nature of the subject and happens often in the financial world - predictions are made. Also one year is considered as a short-term in finance. So, it might not be that early to start predicting and talking about Q4 of 2019.

Fourth quarter of the present year will give a big market difference in comparison to the present market situation. At present the entire market is bearish, and small forward moves too haven't sustaining for a longer time. With this Q4 market will be more progressive and it is assured to take the growth forward to the falling year.