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It's been a long time coming, but with everyone's current obsession with the macro I've decided to explore S&P 500 cycles during the past 100 years. I'm calling it the Quartercent Cycles Theory because of the 25 year long cycles in between pauses. There have been many times that have been deemed as a recession, but I see the true market pauses as the great depression in the 30's, between 66' and 77' and the 2000's dot-com crash to the 2008 housing market crash. In between these approximately 9 year pauses are 5 different highs which come at certain intervals after the "dawn" which is the final and most devestating correction that begins the next 25-year run. They are listed by how many years they come from the dawn: - 6 year top (red) - 9 year top (orange) - 12 year top (yellow) - 15 year top (green) - 19 year top (blue) The dates for these tops are further reinforced with Fibonacci time measures between the dawn and the first top of the pause (approx). Pause periods have two major tops that come about 7 years apart. This cycles theory has had incredible accuracy with only a few tops not playing out: - 51' (continued up no correction) - 54' (continued up no correction) - 84' (correction came sooner in 83') What does this mean for now? If the cycles theory is correct, we have just hit our 15 year high in December 2024. The good news is that previous 15 year high corrections (57' and 84') only lasted a couple of months. By that time frame it could be over soon. It is typical for corresponding highs to act similarly. The next topping point to watch out for beyond our current is in late 2028. The next market pause according to the 25 year cycle would be between 2034 and 2043. A serious correction seems unlikely for quite a while.

A Bear Market Update The cycle 4 bear market has now taken the lead as the "least worst" bear market so far, at - 41% from ATHs. Still though, price action remains very close to other cycles. The unification zone (where all previous bear markets align) runs from June to September. Following this zone would put Bitcoin at about 45k in June, with a gradual decline to 35k. Other cycles would have a final drop to even lower prices for the cycle bottom. Again, I do not think it is guaranteed that all bear markets will be "less worse" than the ones before them going forward.

No pattern is bulletproof, but flags/channels on Bitcoin for the past 2 cycles have done a great job of showing what to expect. And for the past 2 months, price has been in a textbook bear flag. This is our second bear flag of the 2026 bear market. For reference, 2022 saw 5 before the cycle bottom distribution channel. Flags are tricky, because inside of them price will be doing the opposite of the outcome. For bear flags, that's going up, fooling everyone into expecting upside continuation.

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I think soon, people will be calling for another cycle bottom as they did at 80k, except this time it will seem more plausible. Metrics like Weekly RSI are at cycle bottom levels, and once people see a bounce, they'll be all in again. It is clear that long-term holders are still not interested in current prices. There is a long way to go before they reach high long-term holder (blue) territory. Where were all these bear market experts at the highs? Nowhere to be found of course. I am still patiently sitting in all cash from 112.5k August 2025, waiting for an opportunity. What will that look like? A time when no one wants anything to do with crypto. Unlike now, where everyone is chomping at the bit to buy the next cycle bottom.

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