I still think this month is a good timing to go back to over 9 thousand dollars, after all everyone is expecting bitcoin to stay around these levels or go down right now, nobody expects bitcoin to be 9 thousand tomorrow right? How many people are ready for something like that?
I don't think that we can break into the $9k levels this month. You just have to look at the trading volumes, there's not much movement and we are in the zone wherein the price tends to go on another sideway pattern, support levels are not that strong.
So, if whales decide to manipulate the market and make the price go up, they will be the few who made a profit from this and that is why I think they are working on it. Yeah, it may take some time to collaborate together again for the price manipulation but if they manage to I think the next 10 days is very crucial for them. If the price goes up in November or December that would be expected because price has been low for a while now and eventually going up is expected but if it goes up in the next 10 days that would be unexpected.
Whales do manipulate if they know that there's some big news coming, so they pump it prior that's why they make so much money about it. On the other hand, we haven't heard any positive news, last time, the Bakkt launched was supposed to be the next catalyst, but the price went on the opposite side.