By the way, do you think this rally is over? I know bitcoin is irrational but the crash from $788 -> $630 felt really off. There was no news behind it and we still have weeks before halving so I don't know if this is pure manipulation or if someone knows something I don't. I had hopes for this rally... thought it was finally time for the next mega rally... guess it's back to hodling
Nothing goes up in a straight line. Even bitcoin not
A correction was overdue after doubling. Just zoom in previous bubbles to see how it went up, temporary pull backs of 20%-30% are part of it.
For example, the bull market from $10 to $255 begin 2013:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD#rg60zczsg2013-01-01zeg2013-04-10ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zv
I count 5 pullbacks:
Timestamp Open High Low
2013-01-24 17.5 19.2 16
Dropping 17%
2013-02-14 25 27.5 22.42
Dropping 19%
2013-03-06 40.66 49.17 40.66
2013-03-07 42.31 46 33
Dropping 33%
2013-03-12 48.15 48.25 36
Dropping 26%
2013-03-21 65.13 76.91 64.61
2013-03-22 70.87 74.47 65
2013-03-23 68.81 72 50.09
Dropping 35%
Current pullback:
2016-06-18 745 778.85 723.02
2016-06-22 665.36 677.63 588.03
Dropping 25%
It's only when you get a pullback of more than 40%-50% you need to research whether it is likely that the bull market is over and if so, sell on a rebound. However, as long as no new all time high is reached at least double/triple the previous one($3k), it will still not be likely even if such strong pullback would occur.
Nothing is certain, we could be wrong and this may be the start of the end of bitcoin but the odds are low, and investing is just that, weigh the odds and bet accordingly.