THE BEAR MARKET JUST STARTED

[pawanjain]

Even I believe that we are in bear market already and may be this could be the bottom range that we are in currently.
May be we can also see few more corrections downwards before we really start going upwards.
DCAing is probably the best strategy right now which will help us accumulate at a better average price.

Sad to say but I was hoping we would see a new ATH price when we were at $126k.
I kept waiting for a new ATH price so that I could sell higher and then buy back lower but I have completely missed that opportunity.
Now there's no other option than to HODL what I have while putting in more capital at lower prices.

[Henryglass16@gmail.com]

I only have 1,000,200 sats so far. Do you think I should just be saving money over the next few months and add them as a lump sum when the price dips?? and what do you guys think of people who trade bitcoin like accumulate and then sell when it hits an all-time new high then  they buy from the bottom !!???  is that good advice or should I just DCA and lump sum when it dips?

[Witch hunting]

I have read several predictions that Bitcoin will still hit another ATH before the bull run is over. It is possible that it could happen, but from the indications, we have entered the bear season. What are those who are panicking and selling at a loss thinking? Maybe they assume that Bitcoin will not rise in the future, or they don't have emergency funds to handle some expenses. This is because I don't see any reason why people are selling at this time. Keeping it for a few years would bring gains. This time is for accumulation and hodling.

For me Bitcoin price will not recover this year. However nothing is impossible.

Only skeptics still hold a naive mindset and are willing to sell their BTC cheaply out of fear. Visually, the market is still fluctuating between 68,000 and 70,000, but when BTC is about to rise, is there anyone capable of stopping it?

True answer like you say nothing is impossible for BTC to rise up.

[Luzin]

I kept waiting for a new ATH price so that I could sell higher and then buy back lower but I have completely missed that opportunity.
Now there's no other option than to HODL what I have while putting in more capital at lower prices.

That is the best way to gradually reduce losses. You are lucky if you didn't go all in at a single price and still have enough funds to make purchases using the DCA technique. You might feel sad right now because its value has decreased, but the quantity remains the same. This is a normal situation; when you are confident it can reach a new ATH again, then hold on. You have surely understood the Bull and Bear periods; it generally takes about 4 years to reach a new ATH if we look at BTC price movement history. But remember, it requires strong mental strength and patience.

[Hamza2424]

Its definitely a time for buying and there will certainly be others who will be holding out for lower market pricing
and even trying to time the bottom [which is very difficult]

After buying a few times around $100k myself, I have already started "lowering my average"

If you have bought at $100k then you are doing great by lowering the average buying price because bro this is really a great time yo accumulate more btc many of us are underestimating the current price and taking it lightly because they think it can dump even more. Their bullish sentiments or mindset whatever they had is mow gone. All they doin right now is enjoying Epstein haha.

They will regret, by the way I came to know a week ago that there are some members in the community who still think that the bear market has not come yet but most of us are saying we are already in the bear market.

[Franctoshi]

Meanwhile, $BTC just hit its lowest 2-week RSI since:

- June 2022
- December 2018
- January 2015

Now is the time to DCA.

Not panic.

Even the timing aligns PERFECTLY:

1428 days | RSI low to RSI low
1288 days | RSI low to RSI low
1330 days | RSI low to RSI low

Yes even the monthly RSI is nearing its lowest oversold level on the Monthly perspective since the 2022 bear market, signalling a potential market reversal in the nearest possible time, we do not have much room to go down than we have to go upwards, despite the escalating tension between the US and Iran, I do not have disbelief in what the market would do, even in time of wars and geopolitical tension Bitcoin is a save heaven for investors.

[sunsilk]

Are you brave enough to buy while everyone is panicking?

Yes. I remember there were times in the past of these cycles that's being told about blood baths in the market.

It provides fear to most investors and these are the uninformed ones. But those who are knowledgeable and understood how the market works. This is actually a shopping spree for them.

So you choose which is the hard path you'll take, hard path of doing nothing and not taking advantage of this time.

Or the hard path of acceptance that we currently in a quite low and yet, you know that we'll recover soon and that's why you are buying.

[Ziskinberg]

Even I believe that we are in bear market already and may be this could be the bottom range that we are in currently.
May be we can also see few more corrections downwards before we really start going upwards.
DCAing is probably the best strategy right now which will help us accumulate at a better average price.

Sad to say but I was hoping we would see a new ATH price when we were at $126k.
I kept waiting for a new ATH price so that I could sell higher and then buy back lower but I have completely missed that opportunity.
Now there's no other option than to HODL what I have while putting in more capital at lower prices.

I guess everyone expected a new ATH after we have seen bitcoin price finally reached $126k but I think there are always price twist from time to time and we shouldn't be surprised about this since bitcoin has been behaving like this from the start.

However, the current price should not made us worry too much, even if its drops more. This is just another golden opportunity for bitcoin, and while others are now panic selling, those who have diamond hands are now start buying and accumulating maximum amount as we can't be sure if we will still see this price again in the next couple of months or years.

[nakamura12]

Doing DCA doesn't mean that you must wait for the price to decrease because DCA means that you will accumulate bitcoin over time regardless of the price although it's good to buy Bitcoin at the current price today compared to the price when bear market hasn't started. Well, not all can take advantage of this bear market either don't have lots of money or panicking about the price unlike those who have lots of money where I can say that they will surely take advantage of the situation to accumulate more Bitcoin.

[Popkon6]

Those who buy Bitcoin every week have a better opportunity, because they can now buy more with less money. Those who buy Bitcoin by following the DCA method are able to hold it for a long time, but the best opportunity has been created to buy Bitcoin. One should definitely build a holding by taking advantage of this dumping in the Bitcoin market, because the price of Bitcoin is low to increase later. So the price of Bitcoin will definitely increase later, so this is the only good opportunity to buy Bitcoin at the present time.

[lionheart78]

Are you brave enough to buy while everyone is panicking?

Why not?  We have seen the Bitcoin price history, during the bear market, every Bitcoin sell order is discounted.  We can just calculate the discount from the ATH and whatever its price is right now.  Are we not happy when we get a 10% discount from any mall sales?  So with more than 50% discounts on every Bitcoin on sale today, we should be jumping with joy buying them.

The crowd buys tops and sells bottoms.

Don't be the CROWD.

It is not the crowd, but rather the uninformed buy tops and sell bottoms.  Those who get into Bitcoin without understanding its market history will surely panic the moment they saw Bitcoin plummeting, but those who are informed know it is just the natural flow of Bitcoin price.

[Peanutswar]

[..]
Are you brave enough to buy while everyone is panicking?

The crowd buys tops and sells bottoms.

Don't be the CROWD.

With the bitcoin still there is a demand and of course I will still buy some of the bitcoin if ever because there is a potential, the market price and the history chart of the bitcoin says it at all, and we knew that there is a limited number of supply with the bitcoin and after all of the bitcoin get mined and still there is a demand there is a chance that it might rise up more the value of it. Now regarding on what we are currently experiencing with the bitcoin seems yes i will still buy at the bottom of the market because from the previous price of thebitcoin its on the 60k and now we are sitting still there so of course its a support and now if this breaks the 50k i guess thats the possible worst ive seen now with this 2026. So yeah its bearish after it hits the 60k and if this will made a comeback for the next market cycle seems good for the hodlers.

[MinoRaiola]

Not panic.

Even the timing aligns PERFECTLY:

1428 days | RSI low to RSI low
1288 days | RSI low to RSI low
1330 days | RSI low to RSI low

I was looking for a chart and found this one. The times seem to match what you wrote quite well.


https://x.com/TedPillows/status/2025151776467382395

Every cycle is different, but in the past there been very similar changes. I also believe that no one should go in panic, but without panic the price would not fall. So all Bitcoiners here in the forum have the experience and know what happening. So in three years, the game should start again. I can well imagine that things will remain quiet for the time being, which is not a bad thing.

[KiaKia]

Its definitely a time for buying and there will certainly be others who will be holding out for lower market pricing
and even trying to time the bottom [which is very difficult]

After buying a few times around $100k myself, I have already started "lowering my average"

If you have bought at $100k then you are doing great by lowering the average buying price because bro this is really a great time yo accumulate more btc many of us are underestimating the current price and taking it lightly because they think it can dump even more. Their bullish sentiments or mindset whatever they had is mow gone. All they doin right now is enjoying Epstein haha.

They will regret, by the way I came to know a week ago that there are some members in the community who still think that the bear market has not come yet but most of us are saying we are already in the bear market.

Buying Bitcoin at 100k is not a good move, it is like saying that Bitcoin will hardly retrace ever again, 100k was where people should be DCAing out of Bitcoin not into it, thing are already starting to overheat at 100k.

People just lacks the safest place to enter the market and the hottest time to stat taking profit, the answer is all written on Bitcoin chart but I understand that many people don't even know how to read their chart very well.

126k was really overheated, every signals are flashing overbought.

[Jostern]

Not panic.

Even the timing aligns PERFECTLY:

1428 days | RSI low to RSI low
1288 days | RSI low to RSI low
1330 days | RSI low to RSI low

I was looking for a chart and found this one. The times seem to match what you wrote quite well.


https://x.com/TedPillows/status/2025151776467382395

Every cycle is different, but in the past there been very similar changes. I also believe that no one should go in panic, but without panic the price would not fall. So all Bitcoiners here in the forum have the experience and know what happening. So in three years, the game should start again. I can well imagine that things will remain quiet for the time being, which is not a bad thing.

For someone who have been investing in bitcoin for a very long time, I absolutely don’t see any reason why they should panic, because now that we are in a bear market season, it’s more better and sensible to keep buying and accumulating bitcoin, I understand that generally most old investors wouldn’t be happy when there is a bear season and their bitcoin investment would have to continue going down instead of growing, but I would be more appreciative to keep buying and accumulating bitcoin consistently on a regular basis instead of panicking to sell my bitcoin because of some unforeseen volatility, because like we already know that is the nature of bitcoin, keep buying and accumulating and holding Bitcoin no matter the situation of the market.

[Dr.M.N]

The most important thing is being consistent with buying bitcoin. So it doesn't matter what the prices . Unless for those that are thinking of gambling with bitcoin in the name of trading it . This are people that should be in panic over price changes.
Following the crowd has never been my thing, even when others are unsure or afraid that the.market may not rise soon. Am keeping with my DCA strategy and I don't allow others perceptions about the recent dip to affect my decision.

Perfectly said. And if I'm not mistaken, this strategy is more perfect and preferable for long term holders since as you have said they aren't gamblers and have plans ahead. But this doesn't mean that others with there strategy like short term holders are also gamblers. Some are real time investors that will only want to scalp (as in forex trading).
They buy more in bear market and wait for the bull run to sell and make perfect profit. Some don't even wait for the bull run to sell. You know in market, or when you view a chat when bearish, it's doesn't just bear down, it dips, retest and dip before breaking the support, so some people takes that opportunity to make money which isn't ideal to me but I'm just talking in some people's perspective. These are scalpers in trading and whether bear or bull run, they still make money. But as you have said, consistency is the key.

[Alone055]

We are already in the bear market and i don't think we can go below $50,000 this season fall, try to do your own research, also, we should expect the more of rise and fall of the market such that we have the seasonal performance as we always anticipate of it, this is just an opportunity for others to buy and invest, so they can hold till the time the bear season will be off and we launch into the bull season.

What makes you think that the price of Bitcoin won't go below $50k in the bear market when the initial drop made it go around $60k? We are still only at the beginning of the bear market, possibly, and we have already seen the price go pretty low only because the demand decreased after the crash which wiped out around $20b in liquidations. So, we are in the bear market, and we should expect lower prices from here onwards. Some people are still optimistic for a recovery and they believe we will see $100k again, but I don't believe that.

Bitcoin lost more than 50% of its value since the all-time high at $126k, which is not a small percentage. I know, if it can lose that much value, it can gain that much as well, but we are not in the initial stage of the bull run right now, but we are the ending phase of it, so such a drastic drop is possible but a recovery of that level will probably not happen anymore in this cycle.

So, the best for us would be to start preparing for the bear market, either start accumulating or saving funds so that we can buy if the market goes lower.

[pawanjain]

I guess everyone expected a new ATH after we have seen bitcoin price finally reached $126k but I think there are always price twist from time to time and we shouldn't be surprised about this since bitcoin has been behaving like this from the start.

However, the current price should not made us worry too much, even if its drops more. This is just another golden opportunity for bitcoin, and while others are now panic selling, those who have diamond hands are now start buying and accumulating maximum amount as we can't be sure if we will still see this price again in the next couple of months or years.

Yes ofcourse, the current price of bitcoin does not scare me at all. I believe we are still at a good spot.
The only thing is that I regret not selling above $100k when I had the chance to do it.
I am not worried about the price though as I know bitcoin price will soon recover and hit a new ATH price.
It's just that I might have to wait for another 1 or 2 years for that to happen.

[WatChe]

That is the best way to gradually reduce losses. You are lucky if you didn't go all in at a single price and still have enough funds to make purchases using the DCA technique. You might feel sad right now because its value has decreased, but the quantity remains the same. This is a normal situation; when you are confident it can reach a new ATH again, then hold on. You have surely understood the Bull and Bear periods; it generally takes about 4 years to reach a new ATH if we look at BTC price movement history. But remember, it requires strong mental strength and patience.

Whenever Bitcoin price goes down we have so much FUD in the market that discourage people from buying Bitcoin. The price of every volatile  asset goes up and down with time and it holds true for Bitcoin also. What we have see so far in the past is that whenever Bitcoin price goes up to extra ordinary levels, its followed by a massive dump and thats exactly whats happening right now. We must not get worried about current dip rather try to maximise our buyings at current price to book our future profit.

[Furball808]

Not panic.

Certainly, for BTC, I think there's no doubt that no matter how deep the correction, buyers will always come. Here, a resilient mentality is needed, and not being provoked by the situation is the context. Every high will eventually come down, and it's time to reaccumulate with each person's own style and pattern, including DCA, of course.

Especially after bitcoin has shown that it’s come back every time, more people are becoming more trustworthy of bitcoin. Not everyone though since I do know some couldn’t handle the correction and had to sell out of panic. Those who can take the risk will be rewarded.