Bitcoin has seen furthest correction of all bull markets

[inanilujimi]

what I can learn from the chart above is how volatile the crypto market is, especially with bitcoin.
no decreases occurred overnight, all of which span several months.
if you get it in the right time then you can get big profits but if it goes in the wrong time it will suffer losses.
correction is definitely needed for the continuity of this market so don't panic too much with the current conditions because bitcoin has often experienced situations like this.

[Wysi]

what I can learn from the chart above is how volatile the crypto market is, especially with bitcoin.
no decreases occurred overnight, all of which span several months.
if you get it in the right time then you can get big profits but if it goes in the wrong time it will suffer losses.
correction is definitely needed for the continuity of this market so don't panic too much with the current conditions because bitcoin has often experienced situations like this.

This is what I have mentioned in my previous posts as the value of bitcoin does not drop and increase overnight like it used to do in the past which is an indication that we are out out those highly volatile era wherein everyday was either a bloodbath or surprise pump. But this is limited only to bitcoin and ETH to an extend as compared with other altcoin which are currently under the state of hibernation.

[exstasie]

Where do you draw that line? There's some 40-42% corrections listed in the OP.

Or maybe a "crash" doesn't indicate a bear market. August 2012 (57%) and April 2013 (83%) are examples of "crashes" on the way to much higher highs.

There is a difference between correction and crash, we can see the line in "size".

In the world of investments, a correction is generally defined as a decline of 10%-20% in the price of a security from its most recent peak before recovering. A crash is a massive loss in price. When the market crashes, its price drops by a significant percentage, below 20%. Whenever the market slowly drops, the correction keeps going and becomes a crash.

How is this distinction useful? I just pointed out two examples of "crashes" that were just short term pullbacks on the way to new all-time highs.

A bear market is a condition in which securities prices fall 20% or more from recent highs over a sustained period of time - typically two months or more amid widespread pessimism and negative investor sentiment.

This indicates Bitcoin was a in a "bear market" in summer 2013 and summer 2016. Anyone looking at a monthly chart can see that's ridiculous, as parabolic bubbles occurred shortly after. These generic definitions aren't helpful.

[gabbie2010]

From the OP analysis his price movement is based on technical analysis and historical price behavior point of view basically fundamentals analysis is the brain behind those corrections which wasn't considered there, while for every pump in price a price correction is usually imminent however the present price of bitcoin had corrected to a very strong support which seems to be holding it and based on price action candlesticks formed in the last few days ago on the daily timeframe had shown some sign of exhaustion signalling the end of the long overdue correction of the price.

[aysg76]

Dates would be useful here, but you get the idea. Does this mean Bitcoin is no longer in a bull market?
I haven't double checked these numbers, but they look about right.

Corrections are linked with a particular rallies, not the whole market. If we say Bitcoin is corrected from $13K to $7.8K, this correction is connected with the Bitcoin rally from June 6 to June 27 when Bitcoin first started moving from $7.6K and ended up being $13.5K in 17 days. The correction indicates that this run has been diluted but it is wrong to assume any relation of correction with Bull Market. We can't say just because Bitcoin fell 40% in last 2 months, it will remain in downward trends for upcoming months. Corrections can't be linked to overall behaviour of market. Bitcoin can still catch another rally anytime soon.

[BitHodler]

This is what I have mentioned in my previous posts as the value of bitcoin does not drop and increase overnight like it used to do in the past which is an indication that we are out out those highly volatile era wherein everyday was either a bloodbath or surprise pump. But this is limited only to bitcoin and ETH to an extend as compared with other altcoin which are currently under the state of hibernation.

I don't believe that times have changed much volatility wise. Sure, as the liquidity picks up we get less extreme price swings, but that doesn't mean we're completely out of the woods yet.

Bitcoin dropped by 20% like a week ago where Ethereum almost dropped by 30%. That's extreme volatility.... we haven't had such price movements in over a year IIRC, and we might be up for more with how bearish Bitcoin and alts look.

I don't think we'll be seeing similar daily movements, but we'll likely be trending down making lower lows. We have seen the price go up due to improved technicals this year, and the same technicals have driven the price down recently.

[Rufsilf]

From the OP analysis his price movement is based on technical analysis and historical price behavior point of view basically fundamentals analysis is the brain behind those corrections which wasn't considered there, while for every pump in price a price correction is usually imminent however the present price of bitcoin had corrected to a very strong support which seems to be holding it and based on price action candlesticks formed in the last few days ago on the daily timeframe had shown some sign of exhaustion signalling the end of the long overdue correction of the price.

It is just maybe. Cause I think the correction will still continue until we gain more support from the investors as well huge market adoption. We are still not so much with that adoption, we still need more time to make it perfect.
What has OP showing is that, that is reality we face today. Bull run is quite far enough to see and for sure we can't experience this year.

[bitgolden]

Corrections in financial world has always been a reality that has to be considered when something goes up.

However, what we should not forget that correction only happens when price goes up, that is why it is called a correction. We were at one point around $3.4k to $4.2k and were going between those numbers constantly, then we went as high as $13.8k which means if were holding bitcoin and sold you might have made as much as almost 4x profits, there is nothing in this world that could make you 4x that quickly, and there were of course some corrections, it was expected because nothing can sustain such a huge increase in such a small period of time.

Hence, we should be calm and wait for another big increase after this one, we did fall before and went up, had a correction, now we should be going up again eventually.

[buwaytress]

Hmm. I'm not going to waste my time looking but I am almost certain we've seen worst pullbacks, because >80% if not 90% from ATH has certainly been seen before. Back when we were near $3k, I remember very well expecting sub $2k, only because we'd definitely seen 90% pullbacks.

So we actually have done much worse before. And since it's not improbably we'll see much worse yet, nothing to be worried about big picture.

[target]

Hmm. I'm not going to waste my time looking but I am almost certain we've seen worst pullbacks, because >80% if not 90% from ATH has certainly been seen before. Back when we were near $3k, I remember very well expecting sub $2k, only because we'd definitely seen 90% pullbacks.

So we actually have done much worse before. And since it's not improbably we'll see much worse yet, nothing to be worried about big picture.

As long as the price doesn't touches ZERO, BTC will be alright, its just not going to make things good now that media are looking into making it bad as always. For someone who invested to BTC while the price was much higher like $13k-$20K, its pretty devastating to see they will suffer to the eyes of their partners saying "I told you so its not a good idea".

The cycle happens everytime though so for those who had experienced it long time ago before the 2017 bullrun, they are just going to sleep for 3 years and wake up til the bears are done. Correction is over, lets pull our selves back again.

[lionheart78]

As long as the price doesn't touches ZERO, BTC will be alright, its just not going to make things good now that media are looking into making it bad as always. For someone who invested to BTC while the price was much higher like $13k-$20K, its pretty devastating to see they will suffer to the eyes of their partners saying "I told you so its not a good idea".

Well as long as they don't sell they can get back at them and tell them the same phrase "I told you so.."  when BTC breaks its ATH.

The cycle happens everytime though so for those who had experienced it long time ago before the 2017 bullrun, they are just going to sleep for 3 years and wake up til the bears are done. Correction is over, lets pull our selves back again.

Are you referring to Bitcoin 4 year cycle?  Well it been seen twice now(2009-2013, 2014-2017), if it ever appear this time, then the 4 year cycle will be confirmed.


I do not think that this is just a normal correction but a reversal of the market from Bulls to Bear  market. or probably bear never left the market, those that we seen are just higher lows of the bear market.

[buwaytress]

As long as the price doesn't touches ZERO, BTC will be alright, its just not going to make things good now that media are looking into making it bad as always. For someone who invested to BTC while the price was much higher like $13k-$20K, its pretty devastating to see they will suffer to the eyes of their partners saying "I told you so its not a good idea".

The cycle happens everytime though so for those who had experienced it long time ago before the 2017 bullrun, they are just going to sleep for 3 years and wake up til the bears are done. Correction is over, lets pull our selves back again.

Goes without saying but yeah I get you, even at $1k I would be nervous but still breathing. In a way, that might even be good for everyone who believes in it super long term... that would be a total capitulation, total purge.

Yeah, I know those "I told you sos" which is why I can never go all in. Too many lives and futures at stake to enter 100% into this social experiment. But I'd love to be the one to say I told you so, to myself, in a few years;)

[sana54210]

So, there is no correction at $20k times showing? Why is there no correction showing from $20k to all the way to $3k, that may have taken some time but in shorter periods last January there was a whole big drop as well, we should be looking into that as well.

Bitcoin did fell further down in corrections before and even OP edited his message showing bigger ones written by someone else as well, this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Plus there is now more money in bitcoin which is why going up is higher whereas all you have to do to go down just sell at whatever price you feel comfortable and if you are fine with dumping then you won't have a problem.

Hence, it is understandable why there are bigger falls when the price is higher, it is just nature of things.