Market bottomed in January 2015. Then it went sideways until October when bull run started.
Sort of. Another way of looking at it is a double bottom. Bitfinex had much higher volume than other exchanges and hit bottom in August ($162). A lot of people cite Bitstamp's January lows, but it was (and is) a much less liquid exchange than Bitfinex.
2014 bear market was longer then wil be now from simple fact that bull market of 2013 was stronger then 2017. You had sort of 2 bull runs in 2013. in April and November.
That's possible. I'm just trying to keep an open mind and not make any major assumptions. My belief is that every cycle will look different (in terms of both time and volatility). For now, I'm just waiting for the market to establish a new mid-term trend. Then I'll ride it.