The bitcoin price has been stable through out September 2018 and like you said is like a build up for bullish trend and we should not hesitate to invest now and makes money in future. Cryptocurrencies market is going to recover but it might not be like it was in 2017.
We are now at the last quarter of the year and we still didn't see any big pump and been almost stable at the price of $5k-$6k. With so many things happen for the last 3 quarters, still cryptocurrencies continue to fight to stand still.
Well, that is optimism at the moment and a lot is being said already with the sideways movement we are having presently in the bitcoin market and most other markets. For now, the bulls have really been proving strong and gradually making some attempt at the moment, but how the market tends is something we just have to wait and see. We are seeing dojis everywhere and the market trying to decide where next to go, but as it is, the only way that can be known now will have to do with whoever wins the fight, between the bulls and the bears.