Seriously we have been in a ranging trend since the all time high was achieved, with the way the economic situation of the world is I don’t think we will likely see any huge pump or even dump at this time because the holders are currently looking at next year for the bull run and are strongly holding while the buyers are just doing little DCA to accumulate, I think a economic recovery news like the one we say with rates lower or any hype news will be the beginning of an impulsive movement.
Yes it is always best to check the bitcoin memepool explorers to get an insight but seriously since the die down of ordinals and inscription like hypes the network has very less congested.
The ability of price movement is difficult to predict and may not only depend on one situation like market sentiment or other events. I am optimistic that there will be a best moment at the end of the year before reaching the next ATH and that will be a big move to consider especially on the buying pattern that is done by each person. DCA may still be the best strategy and this can be done by anyone to increase the amount of ownership before bitcoin reaches the next ATH.
When we check then there is a picture when we want to make a transaction and that is important as an insight before doing so. I have made slightly larger transactions but the fee was very comparable and that was probably because the transaction traffic level was not so heavy at that time.