BTC final bull trapMy August-September-October forecast played out rather good, and nothing as changed since then, in terms of fundamentals.
In terms of technicals, the violent Tether-related action on Bitfinex might just give a little bullishness for the next few days, but nothing more in my opinion.
The fundamentals will pick up eventually, THIS MARKET NEEDS A FLUSH.
I sum up my fundamental perspective again:
1. there still exists zero useful Dapp or platform used mainstream and making millions of revenues, except exchanges.
2. the SEC is rejecting all ETFs, and they might never accept any. Because cryptos' functioning and spirit is rather antithetical to controlled institutional markets.
3. the total altcoin market cap is still up 150X since Jan 2016. Altcoin prices can go much lower.
4. A little sum up of how I see the market cycle developing:
2016-17-18: the world discovers cryptos and how they MIGHT be a revolution: incredible bull run. Total altcoins market cap 1000X (Nov 2015 to Jan 2018).
--- You simply need to be a project "with potential" to make 100X.
2018-19-20: the world realizes the deep issues that cryptos and tokens have to deal with (technical issues, scams, no revenues): strong bear market.
--- You simply need to not be among the best projects (you get the idea) to see your price divided by 100. Total altcoins market cap divided by 10-50.
2020-21-22: companies using distributed blockchain tech of some sort, or ecosystems using tokens, start to show revenues and be more efficient than traditional companies.
--- You simply need to be a legit company with proved clients and revenue growth to make 100X.
However, tech is evolving so fast, that nobody knows what will emerge and dominate in the next 2-5 years. Maybe these companies, ecosystems, and the next crypto bull run will never happen, you always have to stay aware of this. With that said, I do have 20% of my capital in 2-3 tokens that I really like (very small market caps), because we never know. And I keep putting a little more, every time the price goes down.
On the technical point of view:
1. large descending triangle
2. volume keeps going down on the exchanges and on the various blockchains
So this forecast is similar to the last one, fading price, and break out downward, but who knows when this will be triggered...
In terms of trading:
I'm almost always shorting ETH to hedge the ERC20 tokens that I hold, and simply because I am bearish mid-term. If we have a little alt season, then my shorts on ETH will be in the red obviously, but the alts that I hold outperform so much ETH when they rally that I would totally be winning overall.
If we break the daily 200MA (7200) and the lower high of Sept (7300), then it's another story.
What an exciting time!
