2018 has been a very good year so far in my opinion!
we have had the very necessary bitcoin correction which corrected the whole market. bitcoin price corrected and it also helped the pumped shitcoins come down to their more realistic values which is still ongoing since they are mostly overpriced right now.
and also we have had the long awaited opportunity to buy cheaper bitcoins.
I would agree that BTC did have the necessary corrections and that now we can buy them cheaper but the market itself hasn't been that great.
I agree. Bitcoin started this year with more than 17K in January and dropped by more than half in just half a year with no true guarantee that it will get back on track. I'm afraid it might stabilize at 7-8K and stay like it for a long while.
if you are looking for a "guarantee" for a price rise then you are in the wrong business (investment)! nobody will ever guarantee a profit for any investment, bitcoin included. if there could be a guarantee then price would have risen only once and stopped there.
even if price does become stable in that range it is not a bad thing. in fact it can be an excellent thing because it will build a solid ground floor for the upcoming rise.
Of course, there is no guarantee, but we can still predict, calculate and guess . Everyone understands the risks, especially those who have been investing for a while. and in my opinion staying at 7-8k even if stable, isn't a good thing.