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here we can see clearly the bitcoin price has crossed the 200 ma and successfully retested and now it's up , according to technical it seems bullish and begining of bullmarket,
I am thinking to invest in bitcoin for 6month or a year, is it good price to invest ? i will make profit from this point?
or is it possible for price to go low then this?
and i DCA or just invest all at once and why?
and please suggest some potential altcoins which have possibility to outperform this bull market please share your personnel though don't just share  some random shitcoins
and what is your experience in past halving ?
is it beginning of bull market?

If you know technical analysis, market makers, and whales know it too. The market is unpredictable, and if you can't take the risk, don't invest. Investing beyond returns also carries risks, so invest only when you're ready. Moreover, bitcoin is not something that can get you rich quick, if you can't hold it for long then don't invest.

This topic is likely belongs to Speculation. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=57.0)

Make it more than a year and you'll see greater price than the current because of the halving that will come next year. At this point, asking whether you'll get profit or not. Both are possible, to profit and to not and it all depends on how you foresee bitcoin. You can trade marginally and that's anytime you can profit there but greater risk.

Yes.

Either of the two, both of them are good strategies and it all depends how you like doing it. Majority will suggest you to just DCA but if you've got huge amount of money now and you want to invest around a year or two then just buy the whole thing and wait until those years has passed. If you don't need that money then just use it if you're decided to do it all at once.

Yes, based on the experience that we've been in. Every halving is like an indicator of the start of the bull run. But who knows if some cycles might be change for better or for worse but most likely, it's for the bull run.

I would also add that asking a whole bunch of basic questions about investing in crypto on an internet forum is probably the worst way to approach getting started--especially the one about recommendations for altcoins.  As soon as you ask that here, usually people chime in with whatever crap they're holding, and any advice is going to be confusing at best.

The only thing I can say about whether it's too late to buy into bitcoin, i.e., whether OP missed the bottom, is that nobody ever knows where the bottom is except in hindsight.  And even then it's very much possible that bitcoin could drop again and hit another low point.  Trying to time the market is an exercise in futility IMO.  If I were you, OP, I'd just stick with the DCA plan or buy some btc whenever you've got some spare cash.  It's a sanity saving option, because you'll drive yourself nuts if you keep thinking of all the profits you've missed.

You have attached a global chart to the message, which clearly shows that compared to the previous ATH, the current price looks very attractive. If you're asking these questions now, I suspect you were planning to wait for the bottom and make one trade, but you know it's like a lottery because no one can know where the bottom will be.

I think that DCA is the best strategy because as it allows you to avoid unnecessary search for the bottom, you can start buying at any time convenient for you, of course, except for the time when we are approaching values close to ATH, it will be a lost best time to buy.

Now no one will tell you whether the bull run has begun, or we will continue to fall, this is too complicated a question. There are many analysts who make predictions, but they are just predictions. The same goes for altcoins, if you are not confident in the project, then you definitely should not invest in any of the altcoins on someone's advice. Pay better attention to bitcoin, because in terms of risk, it will be the safest investment in the cryptocurrency market.

Six months to one year is not enough to assume that you are investing in bitcoin. For me, you are just a long-term trader and not an investor. Investors in the crypto industry must be willing to wait for more years because the bearish run can last for more than a year. If your investment plan is within one year, you might be forced to sell your coin lower than the price you bought. The price of bitcoin is unpredictable so nobody can claim to be a master of the market to predict accurately if the price will go up or down. That's why it will be better to invest what you can afford to lose.

I have not had an interest in buying any other coin apart from bitcoin because some of them are not always what they claim to be. Bitcoin has been consistent and dependable for a long time and it my suits my investment plans.

If you're much interested on investing for a kong time, the best time is now and the earlier the better you got for it, you can also trade by choosing a desiring trading pattern, lastly reduce the extent to which you can loose on your investment when you adopt the pattern of DCA, this will help you buy and a particular basis and continuously accumulate the asset through this purchasing pattern, but it may happens that this is the last buttom we may be having this season to mark tye beginning of a new rise for ATH.

If you can see clearly what's going to happen in the future with your technical knowledge, does it make any sense to ask for investment advice here? I think no, it's a big no. You never know what's happening next. Forecasting cryptocurrency or other commodity prices through the help of technical analysis is the worst idea. You need to check out the overall economy, in which direction it's going on, and how that direction may impact Bitcoin price. A few days ago, we have seen Federal Reserve add more than $300 billion in circulation, which alone pumped the price. You never know what major economic event going to happen next.

I would recommend you follow the DCA method to minimize the risk as it has been a proven profitable investment mechanism over the last decade in crypto.

With bitcoin you can never tell which is the top and which is the bottom, because the speed at which it moves often creates very large candlesticks on a weekly basis.
So everything depends on your goals and how long you are willing to stay inside: probably, if compared to the $60,000 of a few months ago and the potential $100,000 that many are talking about, the current price levels, even if they are not a bottom, still represent a good chance.

If, on the other hand, your intention is to be a trader, then the bottom has now been largely reached and the rebound portends at least an attempt to break $30,000.

Bull market has yet started and Bitcoin won't go up sharply like you drawn on the speculative chart. Historically Bitcoin did not have its bull market one year before its block reward halving. If it happens in 2023, it is a first time in Bitcoin history.

You should DCA because if you use all money to invest in Bitcoin, you will fall in to questionable challenge like what is best price for me to buy it.

If you can work and spend your salary to DCA regularly it is better. You will increase total capital you invest in Bitcoin with part of your salary.

Don't do this in bear market as potential altcoins can die like Terra or FTT tokens. If you want to invest in altcoins, wait for Bitcoin start of its 2024 bull run.

Why are you trying to time bottoms in the first place? Thinking you can time exact bottoms is unrealistic as hell — heck, even the very best investors don't try to time bottoms. Bullish on bitcoin or any other investment asset for the long-term? Go buy — either through lump sum or DCA. You don't really need to over-complicate it.

As for altcoins — if you don't want to do your own research, then stay away from it entirely.

Did you just grab this chart online or on the trading view website? If you are this good at reading charts you should have already known that the bottom is near and you would have been buying Bitcoin since June of 2022.

You are wasting your time if you are trying to get the real market Bottom, those who tried always miss the bottom so instead of trying to be a smart person you should focus on using the dollar cost average, this is the only way anyone can beat the market bottom.

Moreover, your chart means nothing, it appears that the market is bottoming out but can still go lower at any time, it's a lot of stress as you can see, I no longer bother looking at charts, I focus more on any negative news and press the buy button.

Most times, Negative news affects Bitcoin and it creates a new buying opportunity, this is a better strategy compared to trying to know the target bottom.

Too many questions which you can answer yourself when you try to learn it. We are here not to guarantee that you can make a profit as expected, it is also dangerous for us to recommend that you buy or sell what your invest, so do with your own risk. for sure you will be blamed us if we give you the wrong answer. 6 months or over is your choice, but If I were you, I will be more patient until bitcoin hits and break the ATH again.

You have to confidence to create that blue line, how did it come?,

With Bitcoin, nobody can know for sure. The price is higher by a third than what it used to be, and it might fall down again. But to me, it seems that if one looks at the price chart over the last year and at the total price chart, it looks like Bitcoin was in a pit for a while (from June till now, so it's been almost a year) and is now getting out of it. There will probably be ups and downs along the way, but it's hard to tell whether it will get back to $20k again. IMO waiting for a lower price might pay off but is also a greedy move, considering that Bitcoin is still 60% down from its ATH point at its current price. My point is, the price is still good, and maybe it will get lower, but there's a chance that it won't. Of course, everyone should make financial decisions based on personal judgements and research, though. If I wasn't sure I wanted to buy Bitcoin at a certain price rate, I wouldn't buy it.

Nobody knows, the general rule is to invest the money you can afford to lose. If that is okay with you, the best time to invest is always "right now". Just take a look at the recent months, so many news and fundamental changes makes Bitcoin price so unpredictable if you only look at the chart.
Yes.
DCA is your choice if you don't want to risk it all, at the same time you can also lose some potential gains assuming this is the lowest price for the next few months. In short, both has risk and benefits, choose what you can stick with if things go wrong.
Bull markets don't happen a day after halving start, but most of the time they do happens shortly after that. By shortly, I mean months, not days or hours.

At the end of the day though, asking random strangers on the internet for trading advice is not always a good idea. Don't just simply believe what we've said.

There is definitely no guaranty when it comes to investing in Bitcoin and that is just the bitter truth you have to accept now and from your post it seems you just want some sort of assurance which I'm sorry to say that you wouldn't get any, especially from the forum.
But the goodnews is that no time is actual a bad time.to buy as you just stated that this is a beginning of a bull run so you definitely can catch up but I want you to understand that in cryptocurrency, nothing is certain and no one can actually predict the price movement except on assumptions and that is why most of the technical analyst will also include a disclaimer when making their assumptions.

A little encouragement that it wouldn't be bad if you buy now as the price is still down as compared to the last 60k price of last year.

Absolutely - I dont get it either.

What price would the OP like to buy at?
Is it worth the risk to hold out to try and buy at .... $19k  and instead the market
moves in the opposite direction leaving you to buy at a higher price than NOW?

Its a gamble I wouldnt be willing to make, long term its going up so just DCA and HODL

According to some TA experts, the 200 EMA really is one of the indicators that they are using whether a particular market or coin really did change it's price movement, and in this case, it's above it already, so I expect that there is a trend reversal. Now you have lots of questions TBH, but I'll try to answer it (take note that I'm not an expert, but just an Average user here trying to share his opinions :)).

Is it a good price to invest? Yes I think if you will hold it for 6 months to 1 year.
You can make a profit? I guess so. I mean we don't have any crystal ball to say it accurately because even though we've seen a trend reversal on the price movement of Bitcoin, we might see it go down anytime.

I'd still prefer Dollar-Cost Average than going at once.
What if you don't have enough money left, and all of the sudden the price of Bitcoin went down. What will you do? I already tried that days before WHO announced the pandemic last March 2020. We know what happened to Bitcoin at that time. It went from $8k to $4k in just a matter of days. I missed that opportunity bigtime.

Those coins that has a low market cap tends to give more than what Bitcoin can give in terms of profitability. I mean I don't want to recommend a particular altcoin, but in a bull run, we always see coins going x2 or x3 or even x5 or x10 depending on the situation. Overall, altcoins can give more profit, but more risky.

It might be. After all, this is also what happened after the 2018 "Year of Hell". Don't ask questions like this because we don't know the accurate answer for that. We are also waiting for it to happen, but like you we don't know when it will happen too.

1. If you're asking for next 6 month or a year, there's no guarantee you will make profit because the bull run is expected to happen in 2025 or next 2 years.
2. Maybe, who knows?
3. DCA to minimize risk of high volatility, invest all at once will either make better profit or high losses.
4. You're analyzing Bitcoin chart, what's the relation with altcoins aka shitcoins?
5. My experience is I didn't sell any coins during the previous ATH, but I not regret with my decision.
6. Maybe, who knows?

I think the current crypto market situation is heading for a bull market, so now is the time to buy but you have to be prepared for the risks too because of course the market will be difficult to predict.

in my opinion, the altcoin that will be good in the future and accompany btc in the bull market is ethereum because ethereum is a very high quality altcoin.

I would say that it is not nice to gatekeep bitcoin investments. I mean whatever people are feeling comfortable with, they should invest that much and for that long period. If you want to invest for 6 months, then go ahead and do that, if you want to invest for a year, then go ahead and do that, and if you want to invest and hold for 20 years, do that too.

There is no right or wrong here as long as you manage to make a profit, and even if you end up losing money just figure out what went wrong and try to not do that again and repeat again with a better understanding and you should be better. Just because we can hold for decades, doesn't mean we should see other investors as weaker.

Optimism is good, but when giving investment advice to someone, we should not assert it because it could harm them. To be fair, no one knows what the market will be like tomorrow, so OP needs to determine that investing is risky and should only be invested when you are ready.

I'm not opposed to investing in altcoins, but OP hasn't even invested in bitcoin, the safest asset, so we're not in a hurry to suggest altcoins, even though ethereum is a very good altcoin, but it is not comparable to bitcoin.

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of course, no one has power to predict the market it have both possibilities downside and upside, anytime anything can happen,

to know about altcoins, there is a seperate board for altcoin you can get valuable information about altcoin there.

by seeing the price, i think may be yes but don't know

What type of investor are you? long-term or short-term? Do you have an idea or knowledge of trading here in cryptocurrency? Do you know what is called technical analysis or fundamental analysis?

     Because if you don't have all of the things I mentioned, I suggest you just enter the long-term investor category, and at least wait until the bull run comes next year after Bitcoin's halving while you study the things here in the crypto space.

I think it's the beginning of the bull season and you actually didn't miss the bottom. There is still chance to enter the market and hold it for the bull season to get the highest profit from Bitcoin. I still have time to invest but you should better do DCA as there is still possibility to dump price a little bit lower. So fill your bag with Bitcoin and wait for the bull season.

No one would be able to tell where the bottom is; the market price could fall  continuously once it breaks the resistance. Therefore, buying at any price point would be fine as long as the investor could endure market price downfalls often. Whether you invested at $15k or higher, the bottomline is until when would you hold your coin or asset? Many people managed to buy during low market price points but only a few could really resist selling whenever the market price is falling. Just ride with the wave once you are already ready with the worse outcomes that may take place at anytime. Much better if you yourself would know that first and without coaching from others.

For six months duration bitcoin cannot give you much profit at current price is higher and we don't know that what will happen in next six months. Bitcoin is beneficial and can give you much higher profit but you must have to hold it for longer period of time minimum of 4 or 5 years.

Bitcoin is the only coin which can increase your money and there is no other coin which can replace it. As you are asking about halving then after previous halving the price goes pump and according to analysis next halving will take place in next year so you can make investment in bitcoin this year to get benefit from it.

Halving have a positive impact on the price so we are hoping that bitcoin will pump very soon and will attain higher value.

The TA that you provide only shows that Bitcoin should retest 200MA line multiple times before that mega bull run happened. Analyzing your chart shows that the current price is on the very early of the bullrun cycle. There will be a lot of opportunities to buy low during retest on MA.

You are just being paranoid on the arrow that you project for the price pump of Bitcoin. Bitcoin will move on a long sideways with multiple retesting on the 200MA before it will pump. There’s still a lot of time tho. You just need to be patient.

I don't think you should ask other people about this, there are lots of people out there speculating about bitcoin but with the end of their words namely DYOR, what is meant is for you to look for or analyze yourself in deciding to invest.
Because basically if you rely on other people's speculation you will feel disappointed if it doesn't match what they say and you will say that they are liars.
Here we are talking about bitcoin don't drag altcoins in here to dirty the discussion.

Want to do DCA or do it all at once, this strategy has its own risks and pressures, I suggest that when you have bought it, hold it for a long time.
Only if you have the mindset of holding on for the long term I believe you will get decent returns from bitcoins without having to watch the market closely causing you to procrastinate to start jumping in and buying bitcoins.

Of course, the market is heading towards bull season because there are only two natural phenomenon/season in the market but as of now, the market is not yet giving any signs that the bull is already coming soon enough. Anyway, forget about the bullish season for now because we can't really take advantage of what will happen in the future if we aren't accumulating something but we should be careful though because there's quite a lot of coins in the market to choose, so better choose for the top ones, ETH included.

Bitcoin, though at Rs 16,000, is very difficult to recover from now, but it can still be very profitable to buy.Because the bull run has not fully started yet.And if history goes by, Bitcoin may touch 20000 once again.
You can make some investments now and buy some investments if Bitcoin goes down.
As far as altcoins are concerned, there are good and strong projects in the market that can give a great rally in a bull run.As in the previous bull run, some altcoins performed strongly.You can take matic coins , sand, mana and ocean protocol, gala, the Graph can give you good profit.Because they have great potential.And the season of altcoins has not yet started and when it starts expect huge profits.

I'm quite surprised that you & some other people still think we are not in "Bull market" considering you are wondering if this is the begining of bull market. I have noticed some people who just don't want to believe we are in bull market probably due to their past predictions that were wrong or were relying on wrong predictions. So they choose to dwell in a delusion and false reality that we are in bear market rather than accepting they were wrong.

To be able to make some basic & fairly accurate calculations where the market will be in 6months to 1year it's important to recognize the fact that we are already in a bull market which will be coming to an end soon, and after that comes the bear who will be allowed to dominate for sometimes... But before that the bull will continue until +30,000

I honestly will not advice you to invest for just 6months and even 1 year at this current price since you do not yet know we are in bull market and can't determine the maximum price Bitcoin will stay through out the year with a support/minimum price  it will be touching once in awhile.  If you buy at the support you will probably still sell at the support around the 6month to 1year time period.

It's important to accept that we are in bull market so that you may have some idea where we are heading to next.

The price of bitcoin has been fluctuating between $27k and $28k for the past month or so, never seeming to drop below $27k. The longer you wait for bitcoin to reach its bottom price, the less likely it is to happen. Since you have a long-term investment strategy for bitcoin, it may be wiser for you to act now rather than waiting for the price of bitcoin to drop to a level that no one can predict. The $27k–$28k range that you are seeing could be the bottom price(nobody knows).

I would say you missed the bottom because bitcoin started this year in $16,500 and now is in $28,000 but you are still in time to join this party because the economics are going crazy right now and people need to move their assets to a safe zone, and even if cryptos are a high-risk investment, in time of war cryptos is the safe zone for our money.

I feel like the new ATH is around the corner, soon we will see something crazy happening in the markets. Just grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.

If everybody on this forum because they missed the bottom line and didn't invest will today tell you they would have regretted it. Investing in something you believe in should be a great delight as long as you are in it. For me, if you could hold for 2-3 years you will be glad to make 2x profit.

There are lots of speculation that Bitcoin is about to take off since the market sentiment recently is very bullish until the news about rumor CZ facing red notice from Interpol which somehow make the price of BTC retrace.


Bitcoin price can go either way depending on the current news.  As of the moment Bitcoin retrace because of the rumor about CZ and Interpol but whether it will uptrend or not, you must make your decision whether you will start investing now.


Up to you, there are pros and cons between these two, I would rather DCA than invest all in because there is a tendency for a retrace considering the news at this moment.


I won't recommend anything, Bitcoin is the only worthy coin to invest.

Bitcoin starting with ATL is a good entry, however I missed out on the project but I'm back in because some of my accumulations of bitcoin and setups triggered my position back to bitcoin. There's time to hop in and it's never too late to bagged bitcoin. Patience and good entries is the key to reaping profits from bitcoin. The market is volatile and we should expect the bull season anytime soon, and Bitcoin will be the first to make price correction in response to the bullish season. Predicted bull season is at the corner and we should make good use of our time to grab good entries on bitcoin.

There is nothing wrong with a short-term investment of 6 months or 1 year because each person has a different investment situation and mindset. But history has also shown that holding bitcoin for a long time reduces risk as well as provides better returns. If you want to invest for the short term, as long as you know what you are doing with your money and are willing to take the risk, then you can invest. But if you just want to make a quick profit and don't want to risks then bitcoin is not for you.

It doesn't matter if it's a short term or a long term investment, the important thing is to hope you know what you're doing with your money, investing or gambling.

Regardless of your capital and experience in crypto trading the best investment strategy for everyone IMO is to invest for long term. Day trading (or short term trading) may look attractive to those who are not into it but once you start doing day trading you can feel the heat. There are very few people who can handle the wild fire of Day Trading.
Bitcoin price is going up and this is time when experience traders sell and novice people buy. One need to be careful if he is buying bitcoin at current price since in bullish market there is always risk involved which is more then bear market. DYOR.

That's what we call "manipulation" and small traders cannot do it. Their goal is to find where the stop loss of every small traders. If someone is using a candles stick patterns, they usually put their stop loss outside the pattern, because they thought that if the price go through it, they consider it as a invalidity. What they don't know is that this is only a method of Smart Money to get your money. Every strat you learn from mentors or strat that's not secret such as ICT and SMC concept, is also know by Smart Money that's why if we trade, we can feel that our strat is not working because of losses. But in reality all this strats are working, because there are many people who get rich using these strats. So it depends on how we execute the market and ofcourse the execution rely on your emotions.

Whenever I trade, I asked myself, "Will Smart Money make the same move as this?"

Let's see what happens next.

I hold bitcoin but not much, I day trade bitcoin daily for making some money out of it,
i thought i hold for 1 year after buying more bitcoin,
no one can predict the market and the question about smart money, they also don't know what will happen in long term means a month or so, who knows when what news comes out bad or good./just wanted some opinion.

I think the time target will only make our psychology disturbed, therefore I make it a habit to buy it with cold money, with the price target that I plan, because no one will know when the real bullish season will come. if we target the next 6 months and the price may still be sideways whether we will continue to hold it or sell it out of frustration, therefore psychology must be maintained as best as possible to be able to achieve our goals

We can't say for sure that the rise that bitcoin has been experiencing lately is a sign of the beginning of a bull market because there is still a possibility that we will experience another downturn, but if you are planning to buy bitcoins in anticipation of a halving event then just do it regardless of the amount of funds you can afford to to lose, bitcoin is the only coin that is guaranteed to outperform a bull market whenever a halving occurs, so I do not recommend investing your money into altcoins, especially if they are unpopular and do not have strong fundamentals.

Though the price of bitcoin has been adding up nicely, I still don't believe we are in a bullrun yet, if ever there is going to be a bull run against next year(2024) which is another bitcoin halving event, the bull run should likely start or begin around October or November this year(2023) I am not certain about this, it's just my prediction.

And talking about investing, I think buying bitcoin at this current price is still very cheap, but go with DCA, cus I think price might still good down, though not much, DCA will allow you the opportunity to buy more bitcoin at a lower price when the opportunity presents itself.

And my suggestion on altcoin to invest - I did suggest you take a look at Renec (https://coinmarketcap.com/link/currencies/renec), join their community on all social medias, do your research and decide for yourself, this is coin I believe will outperform bitcoin and other major altcoins in the next bull run.

Ethereum is the king of all Altcoins. And it's a very good investment as Ethereum is a top coin with a very lower risk. In future it will surely pump according to TA.
I want to add that you guys still have time to invest in crypto as it's not in a good price to buy and hold for long term. Again anything can't be predicted accurately but we can say there is a very huge possibility to pump Cryptocurrencies in near future.

Even if you don't hold a lot of bitcoins, the value of your investment will increase when the bitcoin price pumps so you can make a profit selling bitcoins. It's good if you can hold it for 1 year from now while waiting for the market to pick up again so you still have time to buy bitcoin gradually. And although no one can predict the market exactly, keeping your accumulation of bitcoins now can give you the opportunity to earn big profits later. So better use this time to try to have more bitcoins before the time is gone and you have lost for the moment to accumulate bitcoins.

To be honest there is no perfect time to invest, and when it comes about Bitcoins, then definitely we should close our eyes and invest in it, irrespective of the price. The reason for which I am so confident is that, Bitcoins are limited in number, that is, more Bitcoins cannot be created or invented. Hence this makes Bitcoins very rare. The reason for which the price should always increase is that, the demand led by the people to acquire the Bitcoins will increase, and in order to fulfil the demand, the price will also increase. Hence don’t greed for more and buy the coins now without delaying further.

It is important to understand the pattern of buying bitcoins for people who do not have large capital to enter the market, because the opportunities that people have are different. If someone has large capital, then there are more opportunities that they can take advantage of to enter the market in buying bitcoins, because the sources of capital they have are sufficient to accumulate long processes to get profits.

Conversely, people who have small capital must be able to see opportunities in certain periods to make purchases of bitcoin, because if bitcoin purchases are in small quantities and not done regularly, it is impossible to make big profits using this pattern. That's why those with small capital must be able to see opportunities or be able to take the DCA method to enter the market.

Demand and supply will definitely play a role for the journey of bitcoin, where when the price is low people will tend to buy more and that's when the demand process will increase, thus making bitcoin pump at a much higher price than before.

The quadrennial cycle is approaching and the halving of bitcoin has marked its journey starting this year, so there is no reason to miss the opportunity to collect bitcoins and when all goes right, then we will get maximum returns.

Never ask for this kind of question if you are trying to invest. You have to do your own research on this. And pinpointing the exact price in the market is hard and could also be wrong in many situations. So learn to do it yourself. And if you are willing to invest in a short time like 6 months to 1 year, then you will have to trade to make the profit. Because Bitcoin (if you choose BTC as your investment plan) is a long term investment plan asset.
DCA is the best option to do. Don't put all your money in one single investment. With DCA you can buy at different price level and could also make some profits out of it. If you do your analysis wrong and instead of going up, it goes down, then you will make loss in a large amount. But with DCA, you can average that total spending and keep a steady value.
For myself, I don't like ALTS. So I am not going to give you any suggestion. Because they are centralized shit. Anything could happen to them despite your best effort on analysis. So I say stick with BTC.
It is not possible to tell when or where should the next bull run will occur. It is very uncertain to know that. So the best bet is to keep doing DCA and wait for it to come. Because we all know, it will come one day.

I often see these types of threads when Bitcoin starts pumping. Anyone here can't answer perfectly where the bottom of Bitcoin's price is. If it were possible, then it would be easy to become a millionaire. So, you have to take your own risk when you are considering investing in Bitcoin. The current price could be a bottom or it could dump; we don't know exactly. People thought the same when Bitcoin was being traded around the 16K zone. So, analyze yourself accordingly and decide what you should do.

Generally, long-term investments don't require any skills or understanding of all the patterns, technical points of view, and everything else, all you need to understand is when the price is low and that is where you buy or you just do DCA from the beginning of when the price starts to drop, and the next step is just to hold on to your assets.

On the other hand, day trading requires you to have technical knowledge and experience, an understanding of the market and how it moves, and on top of that, good enough capital to maximize the profits earned on a daily basis.

In fact, I can say that long-term investing is much more recommended than day trading for those who don't have much time in front of the monitor watching charts. I agree that the long-term potential can be exploited and this can reduce the saturation figure and loss ratio in day trading when prices do not meet expectations. Average losers due to their inability to manage risk and emotions, it has put a lot of their budgets at the bottom.

For long term goals, you should just hold your bitcoin and ignore the volatility. Holders have nothing to lose as long as they don't sell at low price, so hold on and wait.

I think it is quite important to act as if a whale because the returns are the same. If you buy at 20k and sell at 22k, if you had 1 billion that becomes 1.1 billion, but if you had 100 dollars that became 110 dollars. You should act as if you are a whale and make a profit like them and that would be a good move for everyone, no matter how little you have.

However, if you end up with "I have 100 bucks, I need more return" and risk more, and do crazy moves, then you are not going to suddenly be rich, you are going to end up with a lot worse results and that should be scaring you away from it, I wouldn't want to be in that persons shoes when the market goes wrong.

Having said that you are looking into investing for 6months or a year period, however I don't know your real plans for this investment , Basically what you will be cashing out this money for. In my opinion, I suggest you should just forget about the 6month time and only focus on the year plan, even above if you would find it possible to hold before thinking about cashing out, reason is that Bitcoin's halving is coming up March next year, and immediately after that ,is historically followed by a bull run which will extends to 2025 ,so if you consider cashing out in 6months time, you definitely gonna miss the main event.

Go with DCAing, As this gives you more better buying opportunities in the market and much better rewards than getting in all at once.

Can the bottom be predicted quite accurately? Perhaps we have already crossed the bottom and Bitcoin may fall again. No one knows exactly, but in my opinion this does not matter, since you want to follow the DCA strategy, it is not important that we have reached the bottom or not, the important thing is that we have not reached the top yet and that The price is still good to buy so far, so we still have plenty of time.

For your other question about Altcoin, you can try your luck with Dogecoin as these days you see a very strong movement on Dogecoin because of Twitter, so if you like speculation and adventure then this is a good opportunity for you.

Good point. In addition to that, Bitcoin is incomparable with any crypto . However, the profit is guaranteed but for the ones who have the patience and with good decision making. The timing in buying and selling are essential , if you are able to read crypto charts well and professionally, then it would be easier for you to trade and make the right decisions and of course it is never too late to invest in Bitcoin. Now the current price is still under $30, so don’t hesitate if you are planning to buy it.

Furthermore, the bull run is possibly coming soon. Well, it’s not easy to accurately predict the date of this event but it might happen in a couple of weeks. It would be better if you keep holding and don’t panic sell no matter how bad the situation is. Believe in Bitcoin, It will never disappoint you. Maybe not soon due to the market is unstable but in the near future. It will definitely hit $60K again.

You have missed the bottom, I have very little doubts of that, however not all is lost, the bull market does not have a huge strength at the early stages so you have a lot of time to accumulate all the bitcoin that you can during the next year, now you can use whatever strategy that you like, like buying the dip or doing DCA, just do not second guess yourself and invest in bitcoin when you have a chance, and when it comes to altcoins I think it is too soon to invest on them, take your time and only take your chances once the bull market is moving at a fast speed.

We should put up into our minds that technical indicators arent everything on which it would really be just that right that we do always set out Plan B's and also having that kind of emotion that you shouldn't really

be that too impulsive and having that feeling of regret anytime you do missed out an opportunity.Yes, its understandable and its just a normal human being approach that we should always look out for the bottom
for maximum efficiency on someones trade and able to maximize profits as well.Somehow we do know that not every analysis turns out to be precise.We cant really be sure whether it is really
having that rejection or breakout which is something that always hard to point out in the first place.

Don't feel like you missed anything. It's hard to predict where the button is gonna be. So if you want to buy Bitcoin just do it. If you think about it, bitcoin is still very very cheap compared to 2 years ago. So in some sense you are still early as hell.

If you will buy bitcoin right now and hold it for 5 or more years, you will see how early you actually bought it.

in my opinion you can buy at the current price, you can also place a stop - loss at 27000$, with that you will not lose much in case of a price drop, in case of a price drop you can go back to buy low and place stop-loss and then you wait 6 months or 1 year for the price to go up a lot, in this scenario if the price goes up, you would probably be able to make a profit of 50% or 100%, but don't wait more than that in 1 year


best option will be to do DCA, test that you will understand the reason


this is not a section to talk about altcoins, and I also advise you to avoid buying altcoins to do hodl, there are many problems around altcoins, definitely investing in altcoins is something very dangerous, I think you shouldn't think that putting money in altcoins is bitcoin then you would be diversifying investment, honestly this is not diversification, we all know when the price of bitcoin drops a lot also the price of altcoins drop a lot, so what part of putting money in bitcoin and altcoin would be diversification?

Sounds like you are asking for confirmation for something you already know an answer to. You obviously know TA and know it's a good time. Obviously anything can happen and nothing is 100% sure but if you are looking only for 100% sure bets you are not going to make any money in here.


I am not going to suggest altcoins in bitcoin discussion thread. You should ask that in altcoin discussion / altcoin speculation.

The bottom isn't missed, for everyone it gives opportunity. We should have the better understanding about the market as well as trust in it. During the starting days of the ongoing year the price is around $16500 and today if is almost doubled. This is how the market moves, maybe it could move downwards. We should have the patience to hold of situations weren't in favour of our prediction. So there is nothing as missing the bottom in bitcoin.

There's no late in investing in bitcoin you can make profit from it regardless, the main question is untin when you will hold your investment. Beuase when you sold, there's no turning back and you will only loss or win when you sold your holding s

Exactly the mistake most newbie like myself do when trying to invest in today's market, although I won't call myself a newbie again as the forum has develop me in terms of crypto knowledge.  Gone are those day when I would just sit and have a greedy feeling of how I missed a great opportunity to buy bitcoin when the price was really low and the profits I would have made,  but instead of whining about your lost opportunity it's better to start buying now (DCA). Bitcoin is a volatile currency and it's hard to predict the price changes, even the expected bull run is just mere speculations although previous stats have shown that it actually occur every four years after its previous ATH so buying now is not actually a bad time. The previous ATH was around 64-67k$, so  it's not too late to buy and hold for long term investment.

yes, in this case I also agree that investing in btc will be better for the long term, for example, like people who invested in btc in 2009 and sold it when the btc price was high in 2021.

but of course in this case it depends on the people who are interested in investing in btc, because of course people's thoughts are different. And the most important thing is to be prepared with investment risks.

I'm not sure if there is an individual who hold that long though, maybe the best time to sell for them is 2017.

Regarding the bottom price, everyone missed the boat, I think for us or at least in my case, the best time is during the pandemic when the price is just $3k-$4k. Now we are above $28k, but the thing is that investing in bitcoin is also a cycle, so we can start right now at this bear market, because technically we are still in it. And then wait for the bull run in 2024-2025, 6 digits is the likely prediction or at least what the majority thinks the price will be as a new all time high.

Don't worry it's just not you. Many investors did miss it. That's the thing about Bitcoin, you will never know when the market price will go up. We keep on tracking it and yet there's this wall that also keeps up from buying it because of lack of trust.
Now that the price is going up are you willing to risk it now? Because there's a chance it will go higher than this. Just don't ask me when that time will be.
Buy now, regret or be happy later. It's all about the courage.

I believe you're trying to say, the bottom is missed already because I don't see Bitcoin going back to below $17k. But that shouldn't stop you from investing because we're still closed to the bottom and this is a very good buying price when compared to where Bitcoin was trading at few years ago and if you would had bought at that price then you'll be in loss.

Also when you consider the upside and look at where the price could be in 2 years time which is 2025 (after the halving) then buying at this current price is a steal. You should never be concerned about buying the bottom or missing it instead just keep buying and holding.

I think that it's still a good price right now to invest in bitcoins, it's not cheap but also not expensive. There is no guarantee that you make a profit in the next 6 month or 1 year, however your chance to make a profit long term are good. Nobody can give you an exact estimate how much profit you are going to make, there is a lot of uncertainty with investing in crypto currencies. What I can tell you is that there aren't many good alternatives at the moment, the high inflation rate makes any money market funds or savings account bad investments. The outlook for stocks is not great either, cryptos are a better alternative. Don't wait too long until you start buying, with the DCA method you could be buying a constant amount every month for the next year. It's best to not worry so much about the perfect price to buy or sell, it's nearly impossible to get the timing right.

While the market can be very unpredictable at times and indeed was quite unpredictable in 2022 during market with LUNA/FTX implosions, it seem the market has become somewhat more predictable in recent months. Take for example the 200 Day MA that OP has referenced as an indicator for a trend reversal from bearish to bullish. Since price got above back in January, momentum has indeed continued to the upside. Likewise after a correction from $25K, price returned to the 200 DMA and turned it into support before breaking $25K and testing $30K resistance level. In this sense, these are relatively predictable outcomes.

We don't ever know what will happen in the future for sure, but it's possible to ascertain some probabilities based on Bitcoin's previous price performance, especially when price movements become more reliability in line with the most likely outcomes, as opposed to unreliable and therefore unpredictable. As for the current price of around $28K, price is very much consolidating under previous support zone as it acts as resistance for the time being. While there hasn't been a strong rejection, generally lump sum investing when price is at or under resistance isn't the best strategy imo. It would be better to DCA or wait for a pull-back.

I've said it elsewhere but this wouldn't be the time for a "quick flip" imo. Price could well move back upto $50K to $60K, or otherwise sink back down to the lows around $15K. So in summary there is a chance of price doubling of dropping in half, even if I think the odds of price moving to the upside is more likely, until the $30K resistance level is broken, there isn't enough confirmation of this. I think many speculators are also overlooking the reality that even if the bottom is in like many metrics suggest, it doesn't mean price won't re-test the lows before recovering. In fact this is what happened in 2015 rather than 2019.

I would say that you missed a lot of things here...I don't know where you are last year or even last month and I don't know if you are checking the market price as well. You don't need to ask if it is a good price to invest or not because you are actually investing in Bitcoin. Because if you live being doubtful, even if the price of Bitcoin reaches back to $10k, you're still not buying.
Well, most people just come during the recovery, and you are one of them. If you think and see the potential of Bitcoin, then don't waste any seconds but just buy it now. Stop looking for altcoins but rather focus on Bitcoin, or you urge yourselves to invest ETH and BNB...they are potential too.

Many people missed last year's bottom because they didn't DCA and waited for a drop below $15k. But unfortunately, things didn't go as they expected, and now they are worried about the bitcoin prices going up they still haven't bought any. What OP is asking is to make a profit holding bitcoins for 1 year or less, and with the request, no one can answer him. If he can buy it now and hold it for 5 years, as you say, it will be easier.

I think the opportunity to start always open, the thing to do is to buy immediately, many people just say it's too late without ever buying, they want to buy when the price of Bitcoin is under $ 20K, but when the price is below $ 20k they are afraid because the price will not rise again , after rising they regret not buying and hope the price will go down and so on.

Bitcoin reach 30k$ so it is possible that we are in a bull run season this is maybe a beginning of the next bull run and btc may reach another ATH, maybe there will be a correction so we still need to be careful and always set a limit on our investment not only in btc but also in altcoins investment.

I bet you trying to say that they will manipulate price based on them having this knowledge, but then again lets face it..as much as they know technical analysis and the alike that doesnt mean they trade like us the retail traders, them trading the double bottoms, the double tops etc i dont think so..these guys have an algorithmic way of trading which sometimes agrees with our retail way of trading not that they use it ::)

But i suppose the market  makers can get naughty  sometimes just to flex their power and wipe our positions as they use this as liquidity  to move price where they want it.

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With crypto we are never late, if resources  are available for investment  by all means do jump on board.

The market of cryptocurrency is unpredictable and its not mean that since the market is experiencing positivity that means the market will keep on going higher, the thing is that Bitcoin movement is not predictable so it may reach tomorrow you experience another thing in cryptocurrency movement either been positive or negative, so whatsoever you are doing with bitcoin know very we that it doesn't have a specification or a particular duration or time frame that the market of bitcoin will increase and the market of bitcoin will fall, but for you to be able to just have some insights or pictures of the market just try to learn and comprehend the movement of bitcoin through the chart graph, if you happen to understand such I believe that you will not be left over for positivity and negative of the market.

Right, there is always an opportunity to buy, I still remember when someone asked if it was too late to buy when the price was past $ 50k, then I suggested buying because the opportunity price will continue to go up, and he bought at $ 52k and could sell at $64k price so he made more than 20% profit in short time.

As per Bitcoin prospects it may be more bullish in coming days. But 6 months or 1 year is not suitable time frame you mentioned for investing in Bitcoin. Because to invest in Bitcoin you must invest for a long time. Otherwise you may loss. And don't think you're missing the bottom either. Because the market can turn at any time. Both negative and positive issues are involved here. But I would suggest investing in bitcoins at this point rather than altcoins. Over a long period of time your investment will return which may not happen in any other currency.

So many questions, in fact you can answer yourself because everything regarding investment should be decided based on the knowledge gained by studying the market, not just asking.


DCA or directly at once it's up to you.
Invest as soon as possible even though the price is rising but this is still relatively low if you look at predictions for the next few years, and also not because of predictions but Bitcoin always has good fundamentals, and coupled with good momentum the price will fly high.
Only those who believe that Bitcoin will do very well in the years to come will jump right into the action by investing, but if constantly asking if it's the right time to start proves doubtful that BTC will be a profitable investment.

Bottom size is of course different, when i got to know bitcoin in 2014 i also regretted not buying more when the price was around $225, at that time i bought about 6 btc and i used it for cloud mining, HYIP and gambling, unfortunately i got scammed, i only left around 4 btc but I was able to sell 4 btc in 2016 and 2017 and totaled over $8500.

If someone knew in advance that the price of Bitcoin would be $70,000 , would anyone sell Bitcoin? I didn't have Bitcoin at the time and didn't even know about it. But when I found out, I didn't take advantage of that opportunity because even though I had enough money to purchase bitcoin, I didn't have confidence in it. I didn't even do it when the bitcoin price was $3800. But now I think that was the ultimate stupidity of my life. I think there are quite a few people who were exposed to Bitcoin but failed to capitalize on the opportunity. Now i get that opportunity again and I am trying to collect bitcoins even if it is small amount.

Even though you have spent 6 BTC on cloud mining, HYIP and gambling. You are still lucky enough because you still have remaining Bitcoin for you to sell in 2016 and 2017 and you should already be a rich man at that time and also a successful person at this time if you use all the money from selling Bitcoin for business capital that bigger and wider. But if you spend all that money in a place that doesn't have any benefits for yourself, it's a shame because you are still one of those who are at a loss because you can't use the money that already exists through Bitcoin.

OP already said, this is it.

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The bottom of bitcoin is over, of course you are miss it. But anyway you can still invest now rather than later, if you believe that now is the right time to enter. The price recovery has started since we entered 2023, so now we are at better stage. Bitcoin has been trading at over $30k, but we are still too far from our previous ATH. If you really believe that bitcoin can go beyond its previous ATH to hit new ATH, then invest instead of trade. DCA is great, but it gets better the longer you hold it.

If you are really just minding about bull run possible profit then stick with the current #10 coins in the market which does includes Bitcoin of course and some top altcoins like ETH or SOL.
If you do go after for long term then DCA wouldnt really be that much in concern because you arent really that going or trying to cope up on your position that you have done earlier or when
you are still on up position. This is the thing that i do like when it comes to long term goal target is that you wont really be hassling yourself on minding about perfect entry.
Invest on what you can afford to lose as always which i do see for this to be the main key.

People buy bitcoin whenever they feel ready to do it, at the time you were not ready and if anything it is a good thing you did not bought bitcoin at the time as it is likely you would have lost that bitcoin in some way or form anyway, however now you are ready and you are accumulating all the bitcoin that you can, and even if you are not going to be able to obtain the profits that you could back then, at least you can still get some profits once the new bull market appears after the halving.

Yup, it's better to buy whenever you feel that you are already have the right knowledge and not to fomo when the market is pumping, there's a big chance that you will lose your money once the market dumped down and fear will come up inside you, when you are ready you know how to value your investment and if you already have some and still accumulating, then you have the chance to make a decent amount of benefits when another strong bull arrives and pump the market.

Not late, as the market will continue the cycle. It's the right timing that you need to figure out and you may achieve it when you already know well and understand how the market moves.

You have missed bottoms when Btc was trading around 15k$ . At that time there was extreme fear in the market because of Usdc and Ftx exploitation. If you buy at that point, now you money would be 2x. when you was waiting for 6 months then how you not took entry below 20k?


You can still make profit but don't invest all at once. invest only 20% because already BTC is up and it can go both side because any bad news will force week hand to sell. if you find another dip then another 30% entry can be taken below 25k and so on.

Everything is possible in crypto and there is no hundred percent guarantee which side Btc price will go.


Matic will my first token which i will suggest you for this bull market because of high Usecase and Launching Zk-Evm solution. Beside Matic i will suggest to look for Dot (did not performed well this season and might rock the market),Fet, 1inch and Arb token.

The thing that makes us always have the opportunity to buy is that the price of bitcoin sometimes drops, everyone has the opportunity to buy even at the current price, the potential for an increase can occur at any time so by buying now we have the opportunity to profit in the short term, for example a month or long term a year or more.

The best thing now is to collect bitcoins even in small amounts, we will always compare the current price with some time ago when we know bitcoin, i am also sorry for wasting more than 15 btc in 2015 for many scam programs like gambling, cloud mining, HYIPs, and so on, at that time earning bitcoins was still easy because prices were still cheap, now what we do to have bitcoins is to buy.

Why do you always regret the past? If there is a chance to go back in time, I believe bitcoin will not be for you because there are many people who knew about bitcoin earlier than you. If they bought bitcoin and held it until now, we wouldn't have the opportunity we have today. You guys aren't the only ones who have missed out on bitcoin in the past, so don't just regret it all day long.

Currently, bitcoin is still very cheap compared to its real value, so why not focus on accumulating as much as possible to correct the mistakes of the past?

It is very difficult to correctly identify the bottom or top  of any trade able asset even for experienced individuals in technical analysis. The primary function of technical analysis is provide insight about a particular asset or market such as Bullish, bear or sideways trends, and predict potential price movement of any specific asset based on its previous patterns. The most effective and workable strategy is to accumulate Bitcoin or any other asset on every significant dip and continue doing so until your trade becomes profitable and at this point it is up to you to decide whether to book profit or hold onto asset until your trade reaches your target profit.

I want to be brutally honest with you, if your time horizon is half a year to full year, you're not investing, you are position trading. And the fact that  you're asking for an advice to where to put your money simply reflects you not being accountable for your own decision.

Please protect your own capital. The fastest thing that could happen in the market is losing your money.
The best price to invest is the price you analyzed yourself. If you can't understand where the price could go right now, then better preserve your capital until there is a clear direction going higher or lower.
DCA will do only if you have 3-7 years of time horizon investing. Put it all at once if you are sure of the risk.
For potential Altcoins, do your own research with this website I would suggest messari.io (http://messari.io), do not rely on what the next guy. Only trust your own analsys, otherwise you're gambling.

When it is the beginning of bull run, you will know. It will be obvious that you won't need to ask.
Please do not think only of the money you can make. Always consider the money that you could lose. Invest smart. Be smart in the next bull run.

It is generally recommended to dollar cost average into Bitcoin (DCA) rather than investing all at once. This is because the price of Bitcoin can be quite volatile, so DCA allows you to spread out your investment over time. You can make profit from this point too but profit will be low. If you had bought when the price of bitcoin was around 15k-16k So you are at an advantage right now.

Some of the coins that could be worth considering and i also invested in these altcoin for the bull run are Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Binance Coin (BNB), Polkadot (DOT), Solana(SOL) and Arbitrum(ARB). i will not recommend to buy at current price because all cois are 20% up now and should wait for little correction to make good entry.

That's a good point. Even the most conservative investors put in around 20-40% when price was around $20K, either last year or earlier this year, in particular when these was a parabolic move that reversed the bearish momentum. With price moving beyond $25K that can realistically be increased to 40-80% (depending on your risk), creating an average around $22.5K that would still be very healthy overall so far.

To me this is also why there are buyers around $30K right now, not because of "fomo" of missing the rally and re-entering the market after an almost 2x move to the upside, but continued investment in order to move an average price higher to around $24K. Likewise with DCA investors, the average price since May last year when price first broke $30K would be around $22K, there is not much reason to slow down now.

Ultimately there just aren't enough bears right now to push prices lower (famous last words), nor investors taking too many profits, knowing that price could go considerably higher.

If you look at the graphs and the relationship with the four-year cycle, it may be true that bitcoin is in the testing phase and will likely also rise in the next quarter, but it is more predictive in nature as no one can guarantee.

Of course I feel this is a good opportunity, although you should buy a bit higher for now, but the Halving relationship seems to be nearing its first half and will follow the last new price. It's still in the analysis stage and we don't know for sure what month it will be next?

The DCA pattern does not need to be considered low or high prices, if indeed you intend to keep it for the long term, actually the advantages of bitcoin are clear as long term storage and you can buy regularly for the DCA pattern.

In the case of altcoins it's up to everyone to believe, but the closest to a positive reaction to bitcoin are ETH and BNB, but require deep analysis before you decide to get involved.

As far as I know there are two altcoins that are still quite potential and if you are ready with the level of risk, but if you intend to invest for the long term otherwise bitcoin is the main target that you should pursue. The previous half has shown a positive reaction for ETH and BNB, but whether we will experience the same in the future we cannot know for sure.

Many people think of small accumulation to be nothing but they don't realize that with small gains and accumulations, big things are being built. If someone can invest at the bottom then it's time to DCA and get with the smallest gains and amounts that they can.

I'm sure that many have experienced that we don't care about our little amount of bitcoins during those times and we can afford to lose it with those scams because we're not yet aware of their tactics and schemes.

But then realizing on how much was lost during those times will make us think that we should have been wise and curious before losing those bitcoins that were wrongly invested.

There's no such thing as a "bottom price" in crypto. It's always a bit of a gamble, but as long as you're in it for the long haul, it's never too late to invest. If I were you, I'd consider doing DCA, as it helps spread the risk and can be a good strategy, especially if you're unsure about the market. As long as you can afford to lose, you can invest. But that's just my opinion. As for altcoins, I won't tell you were to invest, but do your own research, and look for coins that you think has good potential but is undervalued. Just don't go all-in on some crazy hype train.

I agree that there is no bottom price, because everyone has their own analysis of it. After all, who can predict exactly where the price of bitcoin will be during last bear season? I don't think there is, if there is maybe it was accompanied by luck when they analyzed. Actually, don't question things like this too much, if we continue to question things that don't make us invest, then there's no point, it will increase our fear because we are "considered" to have been left behind.
DCA is a strategy that many bitcoin investors, myself included. It was the most comfortable strategy I did while investing in bitcoin.

If you choose bitcoin, the minimum price was 15k last year. Now the price is x2 from the bottom, which might make you wonder if bitcoin is worth buying now or not. I agree with you that it is better to choose altcoins for investing now because it is now at the bottom, as it was with bitcoin a few months ago. It will probably make a profit at the end of the year.

It was easy to get Bitcoin in 2015 not because the price was still cheap, but because in that year not many people mined Bitcoin and also liked to buy Bitcoin in large quantities so that it seemed easy to get it. Even though at that time it was only because there were not many Bitcoin enthusiasts that there were still many programs that wanted to give Bitcoin just like that without considering more things.

And now everyone who has gotten Bitcoin in the past can make comparisons with the present where the way is very different from the past. But what surprises me is how come you don't have the slightest affection for Bitcoins that you once had that much in the past, when you could be a billionaire if you still kept those Bitcoins until now.

It’s impossible to time the bottom, it’s tough to even call the bottom 10% to 15% above range. There is never a bad time to buy bitcoin as long as you can be patient & hold for a number of years. The best time to buy bitcoin was before 2013 but you could do a hell of a lot worse than buying now.

The bottom of this cycle probably was 15k but don’t sit in cash waiting for lower. Just buy now or DCA in.
The halving is in one year so buying now is a really good idea because much higher prices are very likely in the next 2 years.

The bottom pricing can take years to settle on some assets it could be the case catching the bottom is not the ideal.   What most traders attempt to do is capture the most likely and strongest moments of movement upwards.  Even outside of trading its far easier to take part in a market while its trending up, I dont think 2023 is a substantial move up for BTC but every move is larger in crypto then other markets and overall its probably worth being involved.  I think we move into a more positive year going into the next year but I would not hesitate over waiting for a lower price now that seems too cautious.  Just buy some every month if unsure.

I find it was mentally as hard as now. Yes it was cheaper but there was way more fear and uncertainty. For a moment i gave up that bitcoin or at least altcoins might have died. And especially altcoins. 200 was expensive compared to under $100 where many people saw it going. All i am saying it was hard back then as well. Like probably in the future people see 2022 as a cheap and easy entry,

Hindsight is always better on these. What i've learned it's not wise to invest money that you need to use in a year. You might lose 90% or all of it depending where you put it.

Since we are slowly getting better and we have a halving ahead, you have made the right decision to invest. If you feel like investing from instant market then you can. And if you think of investing from a little dumping market then you must wait. But the market will not be very dumping, you can make instant investment if you want.
If you are looking to invest in altcoins then some of the coins I can tell you are Ethereum, Binance (BNB), and Shibainu among Shitcoins. All these coins can outperform the market in the next bull season.
What I know from my personal experience is that what we are currently seeing in the market conditions is the beginning of a complete bull market. Bitcoin halving every two years according to time our halving is 2024. So we have now embarked on a bull market journey.

Every Bitcoin block halving is extremely always a good indicator for every bull run because even, if I tried to identify the price actions of Bitcoin on every Bitcoin block having, which months before the exact day of the Bitcoin block halving, we always see upward price actions for Bitcoin, and a lot of people buying and trend of Bitcoin increases.

It is true that Bitcoin halving is very important event in cryptocurrency space, and as vindicated by historical track record of Bitcoin, as it can potentially drive Bitcoin price to new all time high(ATH) , as theoretically this reduces the supply of Bitcoin. It is always recommended to buy Bitcoin during the bear market and continue doing so on every significant price dip to yield handsome returns when eventually market bounces back.

There may be two types of investors in this regard. Someone can not collect Bitcoin because of the financial crisis. Again many people cannot bring confidence despite having financially transparency. However, there are many people who have been negative about Bitcoin, they have returned to Bitcoin. Some missed a chance, but luckily they got that opportunity again. Bitcoin had been staying in a certain price range for a while. However, for those who have missed this opportunity, the current price can still be considered as an opportunity.

I don't accept this point, Bitcoin was still very new in 2015 and it's on it's way to better adoption, the best time to start buying assets is when they are new, and as time goes on they will start adding more value and many more people will start knowing about the asset, many altcoins out there have tons of miners on them but they are still very cheap because people don't care as much as they care for Bitcoin, so it was easier to get Bitcoin in 2015 because the price was still very cheap, it's a valid point, block reward is why Bitcoin halving is making sense, let's imagine that Bitcoin has this present huge hashrate in 2015, the block reward will still be that of 2015 not that of 2023, halving only happens every four years.

Bitcoin is relatively a new asset when we compare it with Gold which also falls in store of value category and has widespread acceptance since long time. However, despite its popularity because of its potential to outperform, many people are still skeptical about it and perceive it as high volatile and risky asset.

It has been observed throughout the history that early adapters of technology always enjoy advantage. In my view, current price of Bitcoin still presents favorable opportunity to take entry for those  who missed out opportunity to buy it when it was trading below $20,000.

We will only know that the price was at the bottom or at the top once we pass through it, or if we already end the year and check the price history. The only thing that we can do is to trust our instincts and buy when we feel that this was the bottom or sell when we feel that it was the top but other than instincts, of course we must do an analysis first.

We can buy BTC even the price isn't at the bottom but it's risky to do it on other coins. If other coins are dumping, it doesn't mean that they are now good to buy but we must research these coins first if they have a potential to recover and rise or they are dumping because their mission is over.

I think time is a bit less important and the marketcap matters a bit more. Meaning that bitcoin "may" pass gold in marketcap, but not a ton, it can't possibly be x20 times golds marketcap, and I mean all of crypto, not even just bitcoin, just bitcoin would not be able to reach x10 of golds marketcap. So when you consider that as a fact, you see that there is a cap on how much bitcoin can be, obviously a lot more than what it is today but it is still not a lot.

We won't be seeing x1000 from bitcoin anymore, impossible to reach, that would mean 30 million dollars per bitcoin and I bet that won't happen, not now anyway, maybe in 100 years who knows. This is why there is a limit to it, and you should buy it as soon as you can to take advantage of that.

After having moved away from the 15k bottom (down), bitcoin is moving up into the $30k range (I think it's entering a recovery phase) and there is bound to be a bullish breakout ahead of the way.  .  All dips are being scrutinized at this point, early accumulating buying opportunities will become increasingly difficult.  Therefore, the best time to buy now is almost a pressure compared to waiting for the price to go down but almost guaranteed, maybe I am wrong but this thinking drives my accumulative buying plans to become stronger.

At this point I think you've missed the bottom if you still haven't bought bitcoin. Bitcoin would have to crash by 50% for you to get a chance to buy low but from my experience if that ever happens people will be to scared to buy.

Of course there's always a small chance for an extreme event to happen like when covid pandemics broke out and all stocks and bitcoin crashed, but even if that flash crash happens will you have the money on exchanges and buy orders set? If you don't have these buys ready and waiting and don't have time to check prices every hour, just buy now. It's better to have bitcoin than not have it.

I think the main factor that contributed to recovery of Bitcoin can be attributed to sustained decline in CPI which promoted FED to reconsider its stance on tight monetary policy. consequently interest rates were increased at a slower pace. This proved to be very positive development for both stocks and Bitcoin markets.
Additionally, continuous collapse of Banks in USA has promoted big to seek alternative investments , with Bitcoin emerging as an attractive option. The current positive sentiment is likely to continue in coming months and hopefully, we may see Bitcoin price at around 40,000 soon.

If BTC crash 50% from now it will dump to 20k and still no one can say that it will be bottom of BTC for this season. Op already missed opportunity when Btc crashed to 15k because of Usdc fud and later btc become more stronger and I don't think then btc will again crash because there is no any bad news. The only possible dump is Sec CP if its results in high rate then we may see little correction. This phenomenal is detail discussed by Sayeds56.

Bottom is something that cant be known and we know that there's always a possibility that the price could really be going down. In speaking about bottom prices then we could really be able to point out on making

use of technical indicators which we could be able to point out about those possible levels but of course we do know that this market is something that cant be predicted.There's always those possible moments and events which could driven down the price on least expected.This is why on the time that you had stepped your foot into this market then you should really be making
yourself get prepared for whatever things that you would encounter.

There are many factors and influenced that affects how the market works, we can't predict accurately we can only use technical indicators as possible basis of how we will anticipate the market, but the fate of our investment will continue to depend from how the market will move, you always have the chance to make a decent benefit as long as you are willing to take the risk and learn more about the market and how it will going to move forward.

It is very good if you still have the urge to buy more with the capital that you still have at this time, because today Bitcoin is starting to go under $ 28K again which is a price that is good enough to be bought again by some people who have past prices of this magnitude before. Because I still believe that price recovery through an increase is still very likely to occur this month if there are no bad things that can affect Bitcoin to continue to be corrected as it is now.

The market is clearly unpredictable and anyone that's not ready yet to take the risk should hold still until when you're ready. What I may assume to be a good price for myself may not be for you as out pockets differs. You have done your analysis, and if you're moved to go ahead and buy then just proceed but make you investment plan beyond just 6months to 1 year thing. Exceed the term beyond just a year as the future of bitcoin is looking more bullish than yiu or anyone can imagine.