There are only 5 days left in 2018, and 2019 is coming soon
People really have different opinions on what the trend will be in 2019
https://www.reddit.com/r/jex/comments/a9xtvg/will_things_be_different_in_2019/As history is always strikingly similar.
It was 9-18-2017 when BTC was at 3650 last time, and then it went up all the way to 22618.27 in the next 3 months.
So will it start to surge and reach above 20000 again in March,2019 or April,2019?
Let's wait and see the result in next season
I'd say that it's improbable.
We're still deep in some extremely bearish markets, and the overall sentiment is still very negative.
I don't even think that we've hit rock bottom, yet. We are definitely close, but there is still potential for further dips, as any dump at this point can possibly trigger an irrational panic sell situation where prices crash below where the majority of demand for cheap coins is at temporarily.
Comparing 2019 to 2017 is simply not a valid connection to make, in my opinion. If anything, 2019 can be compared to 2015, which was around 1 year past the all time high of 2013. And even then, historical performance isn't always indicative of the future, even though I do expect the recovery to somewhat coincide with the 2020 halving, which is why I don't think that a longer term rally is possible at this stage yet.