I don't believe your theory on stock dividends / stock price is accurate.
else why don't the hedge funds just buy stocks 1 week before dividends and then sell the day after? if it was such an easy market beating strategy they would all be on it. I work for a lot of hedge funds and none of them do this.
You could just as easily speculate big money is smarter than that regarding bitcoin, IE buy bitcoin when it is down and far in advance, and then sell to the masses as halving gets closer? I am not saying I am smart money, but it is certainly what I did, in for average of $220 and out for average of $418
Either way I don't see what the point of holding bitcoin here is. The only things that make sense is to sell here, and wait to see if it can close daily over $500. If it does buy back in. So you might lose 10% gains but if it doesn't break $500 you will be able to buy back in much more than at a 10% discount from here. Probabilities.
But each has their own game plan.
You misunderstand me. Stock prices gradually rise until the dividend date and then *fall* by the amount of the dividend. That's exactly why you can't by right before dividends are paid and sell right after (if it didn't work this way, you could, which is why it doesn't work this way*). For example if a stock is $20 and then pays a $1 dividend, it will drop about $1 the next day (of course market fluctuations can change this) so that the value to investors is the same before and after.
See this article:
Why don't investors buy stock just before the dividend date and sell right afterwards?Also, I think you are overestimating the strength of the $500 level. $500 is a psychological barrier, but it's not (necessarily) an actual resistance. In other words, there's no reason to favor buying then over buying now. That's like saying (when the price is $420) I want to see if the price can break $443 before I buy. Unless there is a resistance there, $443 is just another price.
So IF you think the price will go up, maybe you should buy. IF you think it will go down, then you are correct to wait. But just because the price breaks $500 does NOT mean there will be ANY more gains. It could break $500, sit at $515 for a month and then crash.
*Such obvious opportunities for profit are exploited until they no longer exist.