It is difficult to predict the market in 2019, many argue that the market will recover soon but market conditions are not much different. And I prefer to sit patient and accept the possibilities that will occur this year.
It has always been difficult to predict the market, this year is definitely not different. If you look closely at the charts, we're still settling lower highs, which is something you should continue to expect this year.
In a smaller time frame it might look like we're up for a recovery, but when you zoom out, you'll see that we're still going down despite the small leg up. It's going to take a while to bottom out.
Most of what we see right now is purely algorithmic trading activity, and the whales people think are manipulating the price are just bots. In other words, it's all automated where the larger dumps are the result of triggered stops.