I'm not really a newb with trading, been trading since January 2013. We just saw a $100 move over, basically the 36 - 48 hours centering on Christmas day. Even just it being over $100 in under two days, is a big move in our insane world of BTC, but it doing that when all Western banks are closed is bullish beyond belief. I had high $290 and $400 orders in that were all cancelled so I could catch the bottom part of this move ($667).
If you'd asked me a little over 72 hours ago, I'd say wait for at least 2.5 months of a trough here. The technicals and fundamentals all pointed to a trough. Now I'm gangbustering money onto my exchanges.
Since the fork and $30 back to $10 last year I thought I'd seen a lot of insanity with it all. At least now that we've hit $1000 my wife value$ it and let's me marvel and piss time away!
Thus why I can actually afford to pontificate on bitcointalk for the first time in a year.