I would not be surprised either.  I really don't see this pump stopping anytime soon.  Yes, we will have our moments of consolidation.  But, it will continue going up.  I have my thoughts on how high it will go just before the halving [Where it will dump; then climb again after the halving].

I just paid 4.08 BTC [Including shipping] for Batch 5 about 30 minutes ago.  I wanted to wait longer but I couldn't.  They showed Batch 5 sold out when I tried to buy with BTC price at $440.00.  I kept checking back in and finally it said Batch 5 was available again.  That's when I was able to purchase at 4.08 BTC [Shipping Included].  Big difference from what I paid for the Batch 1 order.  However, I was able to mine 7.5 BTC thus far since October 17th with 9 x S7's.  

EDIT:  It says Batch 5 is not available again.  I may have been fortunate that someone did not pay for their order within the 1 hour time frame.

Once we have "continued" to blow through and well past the indicators [As in October/November 2013] I look at the news.  If there is no substantial news to support the movement of the market, it more than likely will drop like a rock soon.  However, we have had good news the past couple of months.  The biggest news being the Chinese Yuan and more Chinese become interested in bitcoin.

Since there is a lot of good news lately, it's quite possible the "trend" could change based on that news.  Which means the "rules" can change on indicators.  Meaning, we will have to wait and see where the trend takes us and go back to basics on the indicators once again after a new trend is established.

If you want to see what I mean about "news," check out this thread:  It's DEFINITELY worth a look.  Trust me...

The Everything Bullish Thread (Bullish Media Center)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1166428.1180

Here's a prime example of "In the news:"  Look at even the small print of the three (3) magazines front and center in this photo.

One fact is for certain:

Someone among you will be able to say, "I told you so."   

Careful of a bear trap.

The only way I see it affecting it is the Chinese government proving to its citizens the Yuan needs help and the government is doing whatever it can to help the Yuan.  It has devalued it's currency multiple times to compete globally.  The citizens are getting smart and hedging with bitcoin and other asset class investments in preparation for possible future devaluations in my opinion.  Hence, the continued interest in bitcoin by the Chinese people.

Depends on the gauge wire on your PCI-e cables.  It's a bit risky to do it with only one.  Two 16 AWG PCI-e cords will do fine.  Mine are at room temperature with only 2 x 16 AWG PCI-e cords.  J4berrwock's 16 AWG cords are the ones I'm using.

I would be careful with some of these links.  Some of these sites may be malicious.  Like the one below.

Here's something "bullish" for you based on algorithms:

I added all of the orange [large phases of the rhythm, red (bowls), blue and purple lines to "user100000's" chart he published on tradingview.com.

This is subject to possibly change by the time we make it to January, 2016.

I just finished reading several pages of the thread as well.  It's no problem.  I want to find reviews on a company before I conduct business with them anyway.

Okay... I'll check out the thread first.  Thanks bbOOmm.

Yes, that's what I'm looking for.  I did not like the sound of fees, etc... from, Vaultoro.com

EDIT: https://www.quadrigacx.com/ looks like it DOES NOT sell gold for btc.

Thanks,

That one might be better.

EDIT:  Maybe I'm blind... but I don't see an option to buy gold with btc at this exchange.

Thanks...  I'll check it out.

I know this is a bit off topic:

Does anyone have a recommendation for an exchange of some sorts to exchange bitcoin for actual physical gold in your hand [Not paper gold] in the United States?

Very true.

Right now the Chinese are hedging before their currency devalues.  It's kind of panic over there at the moment.  So much so, that some are even buying LTC too.  Look at the charts for LTC.

The S7 batch 4 might be a higher price when it comes back out.

I was actually anticipating quite the rise in bitcoin price.  Hence my reason to buy S7's while they are cheap because I anticipate the price of the rigs remaining the same or up a little in price the next time they come available.

Interesting news regarding the reasoning of price going up even more.  Which can make the price of rigs go up even more or remain the same:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-27/china-margin-debt-hits-8-week-high-japan-pumpsndumps-kyle-bass-fears-looming-em-bank  [You will love these charts for comparison]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-25/bitcoin-bullion-soar-chinas-creeping-capital-controls-loom

http://cointelegraph.com/news/115462/chinese-policy-makers-are-starting-to-study-and-rediscover-the-bitcoin-industry-huobi?ref=8

It's working at the moment.  It may have been down earlier for whatever reason but it's up now.