I can see a sharp decline coming. All the price has to do is make a gentle selloff into $2.8. Then when the bid wall gets pulled all hell breaks loose. It may look calm now but it won't be calm when the wall gets pulled from under your feet.
However, I could be wrong and the price could just be going the other way.
I agree with your observation. People around here are still way too optimistic. If the past is any predictor, we should be testing the old lows very shortly, and going below them. People still think we are just heading higher. How much will it take for them to realize that bitcoin can not maintain a high price. The psychological levels keep getting reset on people, now people think that bitcoins are $3.00 and anything over means bitcoin is doing great.
When the price gets lower this time, many buyers will think twice before buying and thinking we will be heading over $3.00 again after this recent failed rally.
The only thing that people can bet on is if the manipulator will keep the price afloat. He is the only reason why bitcoin ever went over 3.00 and has not fallen below 2.00.
Most people here just do not understand how small of a market there are for people who want bitcoins. This is a very tiny hobby community. Most people who want bitcoins, own them. With 7,500 bitcoins coming into the market everyday, in a week, we will have over 50,000 new bitcoins that miners will have extra. These will contine to put pressure on the price. Even the manipulator with his 50,000 bidwall, can do very little with the amount of coins coming into market. Yes I know they are all not sold, but there is still the pressure of these out there.
Has nobody looked at my posts when the price drops so fast, and has looked at the actual bid demand? Without the manipulator pumping up the price every .05 cents, we would be close to a few hunderd bitcoin by normal buyers at every .05 increment.
We will be heading lower. If that 2.8 wall falls, all hell will break loose. I don't speak from my ass here. I am speaking from bitcoins history, I am predicting this based on what bitcoin has always done, actual historical analysis. This is a much better prediction then most people saying we will go higher, that is based completely contrary to what bitcoin has been doing.