There are no historical parallels to 2014. It's in a league of its own regarding time.
True, but both at that time and now, the bear market was started by Mt.Gox.
And we had already three months of bear market, since middle December when the building started to crumble.
We should be already above 12k, but we aren't. Correction, as a technical term, is already over. Now is just plain manipulation or massive panic selling (it can also be both).
The bull trend can last until May. I say that because last year the price started to go up for real in May, having only the fork crash in June and July, and that other in September due to the China FUD.
If the price do not recover by May, it will be uncharted territory.
The impression I get everytime I visit this forum, is of overall panic. There are multiple threads of panic, full of fear and doubt about bitcoin future (despite all the development). Those topic starters screaming for people not to sell are the ones who are itching to sell, and they want confirmation that others are not going to sell like they want. At the same time, we have only 4k unconfirmed transactions at this moment.
I hope when it recovers we have a full functional sidechain.