The pain was getting too painful. I had to step away for a while. Wasn't expecting to see this when I came back. Dare I cautious optimism? 
Optimism about what?
A price floor or a trend reversal. Duh.
I feel like you are setting up to make some sort of "point" and I'm walking into your trap
Nah you are reading too much. I was trying to gauge more along the lines of fundamentals that have changed suddenly for anyone to be cautiously optimistic. At the moment (and even short to mid term) it is a caustic asset in my analysis.
Interesting. I dont think the fundamentals ever changed really. Before the great rise the price was way too low and I feel like it corrected way too much after. I'm optimistic about what looks like, might be, a shifting of sentiment.
I doubt it. In fact my recommendation to the couple of friends I introduced XMR to, was to sell when long term supporters came out of the closet (and before the N-rG barrage) and never get back in as I didn't feel confident enough to be responsible. In essence they 11x their Bitcoin portfolio and are never coming back. It is not like they don't know that XMR will rise again but it is an altcoin that will be used to extract Bitcoins out of the newbies and they get it & are not going to trade it anymore (and caustic asset was a borrowed term from them honestly).
K. Then quit speculating and go chase some celebrity pics. So sick of people seemingly wasting their time here after declaring no further interest....Must have some open shorts quivering....
Sorry I am not going anywhere as I have been here since Day 0 of Bitmonero
What are your thoughts on dumpers, manipulators and big holders who dumped and are going to dump more when price increases even a little bit?