There's no need to fasten your seatbelts, the price movement is way too slow for that. these $10-$20 movement means nothing. Back in late 2013, 3 years ago, you'd see $100 rise in less than a day. Your exuberance is an indication of bitcoin failure.
Slow movement is actually good.
That's the scenario to look at: People are looking at the chart and see: oh yeah, BTC has moved up a little bit.
Then they ask themselves: Should I buy? Let's wait a day more.
They wait a day more, and see: again it went up for $2 or $3.
They think: Yeah, a stable uptrend! And I'm on time to buy!
And they buy, and so they are already part of the rally.
If the uptrend is faster, than many people get late, and the uptrend is distributed on lesser (often whale's) shoulders.