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Bitcoin and the 50 Week Moving Average

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Key takeaways

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Finance/Market Focus

  • Topic: Whether the Bitcoin (BTC) bear market is over, based on recent price action around the 50-week moving average (50-WMA).
  • Macro framing: References historical “4-year cycles” and compares drawdown/bottom timing to the S&P 500, noting that lows often occur around September/October (sometimes earlier).

Key Instruments / Tickers Mentioned

  • Bitcoin (BTC)
  • S&P 500 (index reference)
  • Bitcoin (implied on-chain/valuation metrics):
    • MVRV Z-score
    • Balance price / realized price
    • Bitcoin supply in profit/loss
    • Time-based capitulation

Key Numbers / Timelines / Levels

  • Last week rally: +24%
  • Price vs moving average:
    • BTC reached the 50-WMA “this week.”
    • During the bear market, BTC is described as testing the 50-WMA for the first time.
    • Earlier in the rally, BTC rose to almost $98k, while the 50-WMA was ~ $101k.
  • Historical cycle timing:
    • The “low” occurs approximately every 4 years.
    • Bear-market/accumulation framework: second half of midterm years = accumulation window.
    • Named “low” timing: July 1 (first day of the second half of the midterm year).
  • Trading / DCA risk notes:
    • He mentions DCA’ing “below 0.3 risk” for only 5 days.
    • Claims July 1 was arguably “the low.”
  • Conference/timing notes (non-market):
    • First ITC conference in November
    • Ticket price cutoff: before September 1st

Methodology / Frameworks Used

Bear-market-end signal (downside rule)

  • Historically, weekly closes below the 50-WMA imply the bull market is over—i.e., bear market confirmation.
  • The emphasis is not just on a breach, but on follow-through:
    • A second confirmation beyond the initial breach matters.

Bull-market re-entry / bear-market-over signal (upside rule)

  • The argument for “bear market over” is typically:
    • Multiple closes above the 50-WMA, especially with follow-through.
  • However, there is repeated caution:
    • This is not guaranteed, because past instances show BTC can revisit and reject near the 50-WMA after rallies.

Time-based capitulation lens

  • His bias: time-based capitulation often suggests it’s too early to conclude the bear market is over.
  • He cites that history can require up to ~1 year.
    • Exception noted: 2019.

Historical Examples Used to Justify the 50-WMA Approach

Confirmations / acceptance around the 50-WMA

  • 2019: Break above 50-WMA with next-week confirmation
  • 2023: Large move up after getting above 50-WMA
  • 2015: Break through in October, with follow-through the next week

Rejection / false break cautions

  • April 2022: Broke through resistance, then was rejected at the 50-WMA
  • July 2018: “Wicked” above / broke through a band, then rejected and dropped back down
  • 2015 (another attempt): Rejected first, then succeeded on the next attempt
  • 2022: Rejected by 50-WMA (he suggests they “haven’t actually made it to the 50-week yet” in one context—implying timing uncertainty in the presentation)
  • Mentions other rejection behavior (e.g., 2014) and “post-halving year” tendencies

Explicit Recommendations / Strategy & Risk Notes

  • Primary stance: Don’t assume the bear market is over just because BTC rallied to (or touched) the 50-WMA—wait for confirmation.
  • Decision rule he favors:
    • If there is acceptance above the 50-WMA (especially with follow-through), he would update his view.
    • If there is rejection at the 50-WMA, he expects it would likely occur sooner rather than later, based on prior patterns.
  • FOMO caution:
    • Warns against becoming overly confident and “FOMOing” near local highs.
    • Suggests that being “late” is less damaging than being confidently wrong about timing—if the low truly occurred.
  • DCA behavior:
    • States he continued DCA during the period he considered favorable (notably around July 1).

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the provided subtitles.

Presenters / Sources Mentioned

  • Presenter referenced as: Ben
    • The speaker credits Ben’s framing (e.g., “in my opinion” and references like “Great idea, Ben”).
  • No other external financial institutions are named beyond:
    • S&P 500
    • Bitcoin on-chain/valuation metrics (e.g., MVRV Z-score, realized price, balance price, etc.)

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