But I am confused as to which of these factors triggered the recent surge in price that we saw recently.
Can't really say.
Well, sometimes the prices move without any TA and FA and it is the whales who actually manipulate the market and surge the prices for their own benefit.
But, this action of ours selling off is really discouraging some investors who would like to invest in a stable coin because of the purpose they wish to use the coins they are buying for, like you said, we should learn not to sell early so we can keep the market stable and green.
No fluctuation today. the market seems fine and I traded bitcoin for fiat cash on LBC yesterday and today. More or less I got the same fund from the traders but the price traders fixing higher than the marketplace value I can see in google calc.
Selling bitcoins is not at all good for the long term returns. Incase they need to emergency money then they can do that without think about anything.