We are technically not even in a bear market, the market has been stable for few months now, but for a few spikes. Traders are afraid of a stable market, not bear or bull market.
Trader will always be afraid of a stable market until they start seeing some bullish action.
Yeah, we have been moving sideways for a while now and there is no doubt about that, while some of the altcoins have even shown some pretty good bullish momentum, but nothing is certain yet. The market to me is still bearish until we see a clear signal on the direction the market wants to take with bitcoin being the sole controller of the whole market.
Bitcoin is in a descending triangle, which if we are to play by the books, it is bearish in nature, and the likelihood of seeing it break downwards may be there, even though, you may still see it break upwards if the bears does not have that power to push it down below the support level. For now, I would just say patience is all we have to imbibe, but nothing is guaranteed.