Bottom might even be a bit deeper this time, because we are close to Christmas. Most speculators will consolidate their positions back to dollars and abandon the market till after Christmas and New Year.
And of course everyone who made a bit of profit is now stepping out to pay the Christmas bills.
It is all just triggered a bit earlier than expected because of the Chinese going out of the market (for now).
I'm in for the long haul, let's see how we look end of February. Bet we're back to $1000 or higher probably.
I would say, it's getting a good time to buy a bit more.
Just my thoughts.
smart.
i wonder how low you think it might go. although by the time feb. gets here, ive heard the jpmorgans are rolling out with their own version.
although i agree with your about the near holiday slumping, im worrying about the feb - june time period.
i call 1000$ in early 4th quarter. the possibility of 100$ and 200$ is out of the question. the bottom i would say is 265- 355 $ , for the holiday season. and a possible 200$ in march - april.
I'm sleeping perfectly fine as I don't need the money right now. As we have seen before there is a lot of support at the $500 mark, so it's likely to hover around that for the next couple of weeks.
Depending on media coverage, and I suspect there will be some as there has been some investments in this new technology which should come to the market early next year, it will go up relatively fast.
Better investment tools (e.g. hedging via bitfinex.com) are underway and would probably have a stabilising effect in the long term especially when bigger investors are attracted.
And yes, the competition from the banks in underway (
http://www.istart.co.nz/index/HM20/PC0/PVC197/EX245/AR29869). Here in New Zealand they are starting to roll out mobile cashless payment systems. So there will be some healthy competition. Possibly those providers will also pick up bitcoin (and some other good altcoins) and have the banks compete with their system.
As said by 'bathwater' the first to get some solid branding and relatively low fees (or a smart fee system) will probably bubble up. But I'm sure there is room for a few systems.
Anyway, I have the popcorn out, interesting times.