This has been the least volatile market since 2009 after every 4 years. Some people expected bitcoin to drop below $40000, but bitcoin did not drop below $57700 for now and probably bitcoin will not drop below the price. So how is the market dropping off more than we you expected?

Bitcoin is now over $77000 which mean bitcoin is not below 50% of its all time high. Just hold, bitcoin will later get to all time high, but it will require long period of time.

Talking to you from a distance and same time, we are Bitcoineers.
In the first place, there is no one in any position has the right to decide your risk levels of when to sell your Bitcoin but you should be wise enough to know that as you holds the coin for an asset value and not a token for our everyday expenses as the fiats may serve to pay for goods and services which Bitcoin is not exceptional all the same, if you can agree with me that the goal of holding the Bitcoin is to hedge against inflations and same time, yielding you profits, then you should be able to hold it until you reaches your investment goals.

You don't need to be mindedly manipulated to make decisions of selling over short term market influence, you don't even need to sell under pressure but sell when you desires it. Of course it could be for necessary needs but if you have a backup funds you don't need to sell under pressure. You can also sell when you are pleased with the profits outcome.
Long term goal is always preferable to hold so that you would have enough time to multiply your profits.

Also remember that ATH comes and goes that if you sell out of FOMO, better days will come when Bitcoin prices will multiply the previous ATH.

This thread would fit and more relevant in the beginners and help to educate beginners.

Last year was the bull season which was why we saw a new ATH. Bitcoin has a circle of four years. Since, we are currently in the bear market, you need to wait till the bull run comes again which should be in 2028/2029. Just keep on buying morea Sats as you're waiting. Don't wait looking if not, you will miss out buying cheaper.

I believed that time attributed to the noise of Donald Trump as he campaigned for President and bullish on bitcoin and some retailers and even whales jump of the hype on his narrative and ultimately we can see how some of them unload at peak. Honestly Im not sure why its gone up so fast during that time considering we just had a good run. But historically we all knew the prime movement is during near bitcoin halving like in the past.

Let us assumed that bear still lingers around and were not in the bull phase yet.

This is where bitcoin is not like ponzi investment, you needed time to see it yield it's profits and this is mostly by holding, when you invest, then you give it time to mature and you're not going to sell at loss, this is also why we must make the necessary speculations before going into the market, so as to know when best to buy and when to sell, designed a strategy towards our Bitcoin accumulation and plan ahead upon the kind of investor we intend to be, are going for a long time investment or a short one, all these must be given answers to right before we invest.

Whatever the initial price you bought Bitcoin and if you are still holding it until now, my advice is that you can be patient and hold it until at least 2028.
This is common and experienced with Bitcoin, a halving phenomenon that many Bitcoin users or investors have been waiting for, from experience that has happened every time a halving occurs on Bitcoin, the price in the market will create a new ATH, that is a fact that actually happens.

For me, try to survive until the next Halving, yesterday's halving created an ATH of $126k, I'm sure the next halving will create a Bitcoin price of up to $150k or $18k.

 It's your call, op. I believe everyone is entitled to doing what they want with their coins and it's all dependent on you if you think the market isn't as favorable as you feel it should be or the bear season has taken longer than you planned, it's your call to make the next move.
However, as someone who has opted to hold for a long period, it's advisable to continue holding cause I've got the feeling that this short surge we saw earlier will not be the end and it would still shoot up. Maybe September could shock us and present a new ATH, who knows?

There is no better time to start buying Bitcoin than now, but instead many people believe that we will still dump further, I like how things are looking because it's described as the disbelief phase.

Many people will run after price very soon, it doesn't even apply to the ranks of people on here because many people don't even know how the market and charts works.

Anyone who isn't already buying and holding Bitcoin right now don't know what they are doing, they have no single clue what they are doing, such people are favourite of whales and institutions who likes pushing them around instead.

Some individual can’t handle the risk of holding for long time, last year will never be the same as this year, no matter how it is, the price will be higher or lower than last year, and that is the nature of bitcoin, everyone was happy last year, and that gives a lot of people hope that this year will be better than last, however, we must remember that we can not predict bitcoin, we believe in bitcoin but we don’t know what the price will be in the coming days.

Our plan is to hold for a long time, and it will be a good idea if we can keep our minds focused on what we want to achieve. Bitcoin is still at $77k, so i don’t think it is the right time to start thinking about how long we can hold, we still have four months until the end of the year, and anything can happen from now.

Well I have been HODL'ing since 2017 through many bear markets and market shifts so this
current market move during this current bear market doesnt stimulate me to sell at all.

And anyone who is HODL'ing since at least the start of this year, why would they now all of a
sudden decide they had enough and sell, that doesnt make sense.

All the weak hands have already sold and are watching from the side lines realising the market
isnt going to Zero after all.