Y'know...after seeing those charts, and longer-term ones that show a Bitcoin trading range with (arguably) a slight bullish trend, this thought occurred to me:
If this ranginess continues, which would make Bitcoin's 1-year chart look like gold's right now, the original, orthodox Bitcoin-as-currency folks will finally have the price environment that they're looking for: a more-or-less stable price for the Big
BTC.
It'd be fascinating to see Bitcoin continue range-bound with a centre of around $235 or so. You'd see hybrid trading and purchasing: buy low, spend high ( or try to.
![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
) And, as economic theory tells us, that kind of hybrid action would serve as arbitrage that eventually narrows the range - which means, narrowing the potential loss for people whose trading acumen isn't that great.
Don't get me wrong: my pocketbook would love to see Bitcoin get back up into the four figures. But we're supposed to be a part of something here, and it would be nice, neat & all that fluffy-stuff to see the dream realized.