So I've been a mega bear lately, but I stopped myself to do some reasonable thinking.
1. Every time we have a huge run up in price and then a major correction we still land high above where we started.
2. We may be gettin toyed with by the whales shaking weak hands but in the long run they are accumulating more coins. They are not doing this to sell them low later.
3. With all of the VC and big multi millionaire supporters of bitcoins who have millions of dollars invested in Bitcoin and related startups I am sure they are not going to allow their investments to dwindle at the hands of day traders. I'm sure they will help stabilize the price if need be (from a seriously detrimental crash) and protect their assets.
4. I was under the assumption that we needed mass adoption for BTC to really take off and that these huge price swings scared the general public. I was wrong. All when need is savy investors and funds to buy into BTC (which is what's happening) and a few major sites to tell people they accept BTC and the general public will just follow suit like they do with everything. In the end the general public will be invested in BTC and may not even realize via retirement funds etc.
5. I have always believed that global corporations will see the technology of BTC and begin using it as a method of transferring their funds globally avoiding hefty fees, taxation etc. if I truly believe this (and I do) that alone will send the price sky rocketing.
So in the end. As the song goes I will
http://youtu.be/NG1qooBzE2w