However, I hold the view that Bitcoin's price is primarily driven by sentiment. Whether we accept it or not, it's our sentiment that propels Bitcoin's price, not technical analysis.
Technical analysis only comes into play when we need to determine the price range for our next buying or selling decision.
Of course you are right but I am associating my Concordia on this that the price of Bitcoin is determined by its investors hodles, halves and demands. What I can say here is being sentimental because the nature of the industry is demanded garbage-in and garbage-out that is the buying and selling else the coins potentials is compromised.
That is why it is difficult to fit predict the price of the Bitcoin since it is a global industrial investment, no one ever knows how many investors are opted in and how many are opted which was meant to be the systematic to give an exact prediction about Bitcoin price so then, more learned individuals who are deep soaked experienced to technicality values has come to play its part of predictions as maybe said to be experts but yet it is being uneasy and mostly impossible to give an accurate prediction.
Some opt for Smart Trend, while a significant number engage in trading Bitcoin on futures contracts.
Bitcoin has a two categorical running which are long-term and the short-term. So those on the short-term runs would significantly insight towards the market price especially at at their affordable period as Bitcoin is a volatile digital currency so they tends to take advantage to buy in lesser price and hope for a market appreciation so they can sell out in no time as long they have made profit whole those on the long-term run does not really considers the rate of Bitcoin before they could buy to establish its investment and still won't be moved to sell out within a while on nomatter the appreciative rate in the market.
This is just why it is like some investors gets on the market my attractions of trends and the employment of their smart trading
but what if price manipulation, like the dynamics of price ranging for several days getting to weeks seen this month during "Uptober," comes into play with no significant direction on where price would go but a mere indecisive action that can lead to manipulation and sweep traders who either long or short.
Like You earlier stated, the market trends or possibilities is depended on investors and not about the industries technicalities so I don't think any way that the price can be manipulated with most reasons that Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency.
If there happens that the rate value of Bitcoin is affected on both short-term and the long-term investors, then it is assumed that it is paving ways for pre-investors to embrace the market with the current price hence next a bull-run would be expected in a next gearing.
So, what is your perspective: Do you believe we are currently in a bear market, or is this merely a manipulation to discourage some individuals from Bitcoin?
I back my response to this with the quote and I believe it is already affecting the long-term and the short-term investors.
I really appreciates it that the will of man is not the will of the volume of Bitcoin volatility.
The bull-run that was so much impressive to the inventors are on a seize and now willing investors (pre-investors) has its time to take advantage and be pertakers in the Bitcoin market now.
I hope those interested in the Bitcoin investment would realize that the season for them is now and doesn't long for a lower volume else they would be left behind whereas time comes where the volume of the market also have to consider the other phase of favouring the already investors in the Bitcoin industrial markets.