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My opinion though, i think the market is always favorable during the third quarter of the year and mid year. apart from the bear market of 2018. the market has always been favorable during the last months of the year.
what are you suggestions regards trading periods

For me there's no perfect time to trade, I mean if you are making money in the bear market then by all means do it. But as far as my experience goes, usually the last quarter of the year or around November - December, there's an influx of money in the market.

Maybe because it's the perfect time to buy (like in December 2018, the price goes down in the $3k levels), and because people do have their bonuses and willing to partake it in the market. December 2017 was the peaked as well, so we might consider it as the best time, imo.

Partly agreed with OP because most of the history of Bitcoin perfect time for trading is last days of every year but am not advising or advocating traders to always wait till then before they trade for profit.
During the bull of 2017, the market favour the traders and those who where able to hodl their starsh.

That is called seasonality and while I can understand why that could apply in some markets I do not see why it could apply to bitcoin, it is true that the evidence suggest that it does but it could be just a coincidence, and probably the best evidence against it is the growth we are experiencing which started in February, even if the growth continues for the remainder of the year it will not change the fact that the recovery started during the first quarter of the year and if you decided to avoid trading opportunities just because they appeared at the wrong period then you will lose some great chances to trade and make money.

Not always true. 2013, 2014, 2016 the value was stagnating during summer. Only 2015, 2017, 2018 showed a clear increase.
So it's like saying the chance it increases is 50%, it's like a head or tail game.

There is no 'best period to trade' for me, Bitcoin can do everything possible no matter the month or the season. But if people wanted to sell at the higher price of the year, they're maybe too late since it's possible BTC won't touch $13k anymore in 2019.

The market can be favorable at any time of the year, the market can also suffer at any time of the year, there is no stipulated period or time of the year when trading success or failure is guaranteed.
If it were to be so, we all will simply wait till its that period to either invest or pull out.
Investment is all about risks and a sequence will take away that risk which is not possible.

We just have to invest and be patient if its a long time investment, and if it's day trading we can try to study market trends and simply hope that we make little profits when trading for the day is over.

There is no such thing exist for a real trader,and even you can't say the market will move upward in these months so abserve the Market and trade then you may get profits.

The comparison, for let's say 2015,2016,2017 (or I don't know where you start your reference) is out of the context since different trend, different types of hype, different scenarios (especially exchange issues, global news) etc. happens at those time.

Generally, there's no favorable season or not. That's how volatile crypto is. Proper analyzation is the one you need to plan for an entry point whatever the time is.

Anyways, if you were able to get a good grind from that season then I understand why you conclude that.

imo, theres really no right time or wrong time  or bear market or bull run when it comes to trading. if you are an experienced trader, you can always get profit in short-term trading.
no need to wait for the so-called bull run that you dont even have the slightest idea when will it happen. and if you will be trading other than BTC, select a coin that you are familiar with, so you are not blindly trading them.

I don't have any reason to trade in the annual term, I guess that also depends on what coin. And it doesn't need to be annual. even profit alone has not been determined.
Then, it will better for short - midterm to trading, a year it's just like investment (I prefer to invest to gold or else).

In my opinion there is no trading period, the cryptocurrency market changes its value without certain times, we trade relying on assumptions about how the market moves in the future or it can be said to be a trend analysis in management, we also don't have a fixed price benchmark in the history of the year before. 

It doesn't follow any pattern at all. Investors just come and go, whether what season it is. And that is why this market is really volatile because individuals are being suckered every minute.

So if you are willing to enter today and just wait, it really doesn't matter as there are thousands or even million traders who will continue, whether what year or season we have.

Trader must aim how to get profit no matter in what time we trade or which season. It is no matter for us as long we can get profit that is what we must do. Because wait for certain time can't be predicted it is good or not. agree with you.

There is no perfect time to trade than to grab the opportunity as they showcase. It is not only Bitcoin that are perfect to trade during the tail end of the year, it also affects other commodities and this is due to human psychology.

I wouldn’t know this really, we are just gradually studying the cryptocurrency market and trading to see how it fully operates, since I have been trading, I don’t think I have ever taken note of the time it favors more, I just  feel anytime is worth trading, the only time I see the last moth of the year become more favorable was during the last bitcoin, I think that was when bitcoin set its new ATH,which I don’t think we should use that to judge the rest part of the years.

Every months and years has a different and specific factor that contributes to the crypto currency development. The last month of the year which is always December is when I even think the market may decline or, because then, people would have need for money for celebration.

This year is very varied and has very great fluctuations, I think this is a very good year for traders, what those who have held Bitcoin since the beginning of the year with prices falling.

In 2017 and the current year possibly be fit for your criteria but every year is different and we cannot conclude which is going to be the perfect time to make more profits.

Whenever you are getting a feel that the prices will never increase again then that could be the best time to invest which should be the most lowest possible and start doing trading when the bulls wakeup.

Bitcoin doesn't really have that type of date that it increases, yeah the third quarter of every year normally becomes more active because people return from vacations and they return back to normal life and start investing once again but normally the second quarter is horrible in any investment tool because people tend to cash out for vacations that they normally can't afford but could cash out on investments and can afford that way but that didn't happen in bitcoin and it increased.

So long story short bitcoin is actually not like any other investment tool. One time it increased during fourth quarter, one time it dropped, one time it increased on third quarter, one time it dropped. It does whatever it wants whenever it wants and what time of the year it is doesn't really matter to it.

In trading I don't think period or a particular time of the year matter! You can make money from trading at any time of the year. Everything depends on the amount you buy and at what amounts you were able to sell. We have many traders that buy bitcoin at this time of bull run and still sell at lose. What matter is having the knowledge to interpret the best price to buy and also the best price to sell at any particular time. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market has been doing well in December but December may not be the best time to buy and makes profits.

Anytime's good for trading as long as you're flexible and capable of changing your trading plan when applicable so you remain profitable. Recognizing when market conditions change and you need to change your own trading plan at the right time can be hard, but if you ever do feel uncomfortable with market situations or you can't figure out what to do, then just step out and wait for a good setup to come by.

As long as you are willing to invest then there is no such thing as best period to enter in crypto. It's just a matter of adjustment. In a bear market, investor can profit as well, by doing shorts. meaning just a couple of days or weeks then you are out, then rinse in repeat.

While in a bullish market, investors tend to go long, traders open a long position months and even years to make their profit. So it really your choice and how well you adjusted your trading style.

I have been reading a lot about the crypto market cycle and I think that Bitcoin normally has gotten good Decembers. If you are cashing out your money in Christmas, you might end up cashing more than what you might on Saint Patrick’s Day. But on the other hand, every day is not Sunday like we had the last December. The market value of Bitcoin stayed down as usual.

This year is very suitable for trading and buying as much as you can, prices are increasing more than decreasing and that's a good thing for traders, a golden opportunity for them. and in the long run price keep rising, this year is the great year to make a profit

People ask questions about trading like it`s easy to tell someone when to trade and with what to make a profit. There are so many factors that should be taken into consideration, which coin and timing for the specific coin are just one of the factors. It`s the reason why I transferred to long term trading, I just pick a coin with a promising future, and I hold for months before I sell and move to the next coin, and when price drops I buy again. I found my way, people should try many things before they find what suits them.

All the time, all year round is the best time to trade.

I honestly don't think there is such a good thing as trading time. Maybe when people start getting hyped up during a pump and it is over a festive season then it could matter. In general, though it shouldn't matter.

Depend on you actually, if you have a knowledge about how to trade and how the market price movement of cryptocurrencies then there is no specific time for you to start. Buy it and look the movement price and set a target then sell it if you have got profit, but if the price continue to down you have a simple strategy that's you have to hold it until you get profit. The new trader can change the strategy to be investor short term or long term if the price coin fall deeply.

There's no actual perfect time frame of trading, the fact is you know how the market works by their movement and the right timing of doing trading. But if you feel that usually bitcoin price or the entire market will grow up in the middle of the year or in the last quarter then you should go with the flow. Many traders lost their money because of having the wrong action/move they can't wait even the market suffer bear situation.

Always remember this, there's no right time frame but there should be perfect timing when you enter the market.

While I don't think that there is any specific time that is favorable to trade in crypto. All time is a good time to trade in crypto.
Crypto market works 24*7 and is derived on demand and supply which makes it favorable to trade 24*7.
But if we look in the history of BTC we can notice that the end of the year is when many people get into the boat of bull run.