From my perspective, newbies seem to become too overly obsessed with short term profits and not considering how to stack a sufficient quantity of BTC for the long term - which surely may be one of the danger points in having a thread that focuses on the road to $100k.. .
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Most times newbies forget about the big picture and that in short term Bitcoin investment, you risk more losses, unlike having a long term investment accumulating Bitcoin. The road to $100k is most relevant to those accumulating and holding Bitcoin rather than short term traders.
Overall, we should consider that BTC's price is going up. It is just a matter of having a perspective that is long enough so that the shorter term volatility does not distract from an overall understanding of the likely price direction.
This is what I'm driving at. You articulated it better than I did. Generally, The slope is an upward climb, and there maybe slight jaggeredness on the way up there, that could be problematic for short term investors. Setting an investment range that stretches into 'long term span' sets you in motion for bigger profits.