agreed and prices always go higher. Thats the rule of the world. After all gold made a new high after 25 years. Real estate too may make a new high 20 years after the financial crisis. Tulip prices havent made a new high but it has only been 475 years.
It's not as if anyone isnt optimistic,or hoping for a rise in the bitcoin,come to think of it,we all are bitcoiners and even If one trades on Altcoins,you still need the price of the bitcoin to boom, as it invariably affects the entire market..
The thing is most investors are really sceptical about this particular downtown,as they feel this could be the beginning of the end,thus in order to cut down on losses, they end up selling...
Hodling in my opinion is the best strategy for now, at least to the Q2 of 2019