I will be busy in the coming days, so the yearly update for 2023 is being released early.

Every year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.

Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of 2022) using daily data since August 2010 (from now on I will use only BITSTAMP data, as today there are not many differences between major Bitcoin exchanges.).

	BTC/USD
Growth Factor G	1.00090 (1.00130)
Shannon Probability P (see this as entropy)	0.5214 (0.5254)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility)	0.049 (0.049)

The entropy values of Bitcoin versus the USD have remained relatively consistent in 2022. The Growth Factor (G) has decreased slightly to 1.00090% compounded daily or 139% per year, which is less than the 168% seen one year ago. The optimal fraction of your total wealth to invest in Bitcoin has slightly decreased to 4.3% (~0.5214*2=1.0428 – 1 = 0.0428 or 4.3%, which is still roundable to 5% like last year).
The volatility of Bitcoin, unlike in previous years, has not decreased this year if we consider the average value from the beginning of the historical series, around August 2010 and it appears that for now, it remains stable at a fairly high value when compared to other assets such as gold, stocks, bonds, and forex currencies.
Despite a challenging year in 2022, the BTCUSD growth factor is still much better than traditional markets, except for the Shannon Probability, which still matches that of the US stock market (around 0.52). This means that on average, out of 100 days, an asset goes up 52 days and down for 48 days. 

2023 Price forecast	Full Historical Volatility	Half Historical Volatility
Forecast using only G*	~23,000$	~23,000$
Upper bound adding volatility	~58,000$	~36,500$
Lower bound subtracting volatility	~9,100$	~14,500$

*23000 is obtained with 1st January as a starting price (around 16500$) times (1.0090^365)=~1.39   |  16500*1.39=22900, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.

What happened in 2022? 

A year ago, I predicted an upper boundary of $199,000 using full volatility and about $123,000 using half of historical volatility, these two targets were calculated based on the opening price on January 1, 2022, which was around $48,000. The calculated support levels were $48,000 and $29,800. 
It has been a negative year as we have never gone beyond the first calculated support level of $48,000, indicating a general weakness, while some support at $29,800 was seen during the year until May, after which even that level was abandoned and broken to the downside.
It should be noted that the first support at $48,000 acted as resistance during the spring when Bitcoin was unable to break through this support from below. When yearly supports act as resistance, it is evident that the market is weak.

Conclusions

I do not have any clear long-term trading recommendations for you this year as the Federal Reserve’s change in monetary policy to combat inflation has reduced the liquidity necessary to support strong Bitcoin prices. It may be wise to wait for a potential change in policy, but I expect Bitcoin prices to gradually decline towards calculated support levels for next year ($9,100 and $14,500). Based on my analysis using monthly bands based on Kaufman’s average, the most probable support area is around $12,000 (as shown in the chart section below), inside the 9,000$-14,000$ support price range for 2023.

If market volatility increases significantly above historical average, it may be a good opportunity to engage in a short-term trade by buying Bitcoin within the price range of $6,500 to $9,000. The value of $6,500 has been calculated using twice the historical volatility of Bitcoin as a reference and I consider it a rock solid support level in the event of a catastrophic market downturn.

If there is an improvement without making new lows, it is evident to me that resistances should be sought around $36,000, where we have the first resistance level computed with entropic methods and where there is also the monthly Kama average.
It is very unlikely to break $58,000 during 2023.

Unfortunately, this year I do not have a clear idea, I remain pessimistic however looking for a target at $12,000 where eventually buy something should I notice an improvement in market liquidity.

I’m at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!

Charts

Every year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016, 2017,  2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.

Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of last year) using daily data since August 2010 (average data of 4 main exchanges when possible).

	BTC/USD
Growth Factor G	1.00130 (1.00104)
Shannon Probability P (see this as entropy)	0.5254 (0.5232)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility)	0.049 (0.055)

Bitcoin’s entropic values versus the Usd improved during 2021,  the Growth Factor (G) grow to 1.00130% compounded daily or 160% yearly, higher then 1y ago. The optimal fraction of your total wealth to invest in bitcoin rised to 5.1%  (~0.5254*2=1.051 – 1 = 0.051 or 5.1% roundable to 5%).
Volatility continues to drop year after year and that’s normal as bitcoin gets bigger and bigger so less prone to volatility.
The BTCUSD growth factor is much better then conventional markets except the Shannon Probability that still match the US Stock Markets (around 0.522); it means that out of 100 days an asset goes up 52 days and down for 48 days, on average. I am not surprised of this because the same agents trading in conventional markets are more or less the same as those trading in the crypto market, so they have the same entropy or mental disorder.

2022 Price forecast	Full Historical Volatility	Half Historical Volatility
Forecast using only G*	~77,000$	~77,000$
Upper bound adding volatility	~199,000$	~123,000$
Lower bound subtracting volatility	~29,800$	~48,000$

*77000 is obtained with 1st January as a starting price (around 48000$) times (1.00130^365)=~1.6   |  48000*1.6=~77000, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.

What happened in 2021? 

A year ago, I predicted a top of $121,000 using full volatility and about $72,000 using half of historical volatility, the latter being more likely to be hit and this is exactly what happened considering some room of error.
This market has made a low in June at $28,750, 10% above the $25,000 forecasted support level, again using half historical volatility.
During 2022 I recommend to hold your position till the upper boundary of the next cycle defined by monthly kama upper resistance bands ($80,000-$130,000) in accordance with the forecasted value of $123,000 using entropy methods and half historial volatility. 

Conclusions

As I said in the previous October update, I continue to believe that conditions in this market have changed since the other halving cycles which usually saw a Top around 19 months after the halving date. I expect a consolidation in 2022 with a slightly bullish sideways phase.
A very strong support zone remains the $30k to $48k price range that might be fine tuned during the year using Kama monthly price bands.
Should there be an excess of volatility I would advise you to take advantage of the event with some profit-taking between 120 and 200 thousand dollars; if volatility push the price down to the support area of $30,000-$48,000 do the opposite, buy:)

I’m at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!

Charts

Every year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016, 2017,  2018 , 2019 and 2020, forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.

Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of last year) using daily data since August 2010 (average data of 4 important exchanges when possible).

	BTC/USD
Growth Factor G	1.00104 (1.00087)
Shannon Probability P	0.5232 (0.5219)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility)	0.055 (0.056 )

Bitcoin’s entropic values versus the Usd improved during 2020,  the Growth Factor (G) grow to 1.00104% compounded daily or 146% yearly, higher then 1y ago. The optimal fraction of your total wealth to invest in bitcoin rised to 4.6%  (~0.5232*2=1.046 – 1 = 0.046 or 4.6% roundable to 5%).
Volatility continues to drop year after year and that’s normal as bitcoin gets bigger and bigger so less prone to volatility.
These values are still much better then conventional markets except the Shannon Probability that still match the US Stock Markets (around 0.522); it means that out of 100 days an asset goes up 52 days and down for 48 days, on average.

2021 Price forecast	Full Historical Volatility	Half Historical Volatility
Forecast using only G*	~42,400$	~42,400$
Upper bound adding volatility	~121,000$	~71,850$
Lower bound subtracting volatility	~14,750$	~25,000$

*42400 is obtained with 1st January as a starting price (around 28985$) times (1.00104^365)=~1.463   |  28985*1.463=~42400, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.

What happened in 2020? 

A year ago, I forecasted a maximum top of $29380 almost reached the last day of the year.
This market has made a low in March that I like to call a “selling climax bottom” when the bearish momentum is exhausted during a major event, this low (3850$) was a bit above the 3370$ support level forecasted 1 year ago using full historical volatility.
During 2021 I recommend to hold your position till the upper boundary of the next cycle and, personally, i’ll continue to hold  my position opened at ~9100$ and I will not buy more bitcoins during 2021.

Conclusions

For this year i think that there is a good probability to reach an incredible new all time high above 100,000$!
Like one year ago,  i think that it will be wise to reduce your bitcoin investment if the price goes above ~200k USD (price calculated using the equivalent of 1.5 times the historical volatility of bitcoin).

For your curiosity, if there will be an explosion of volatility for whatever reason (massive migration of institutional investors from gold to bitcoin), using twice the value of historical volatility our target is ~350,000$ instead of 121,000$

I’m at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!

Charts

 

Every year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016, 2017  2018 and 2019, forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.

Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of last year) using daily data since August 2010 (average data of 4 important exchanges when possible).

	BTC/USD
Growth Factor G	1.00087 (1.00088)
Shannon Probability P	0.5219 (0.5222)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility)	0.056 (0.058 )

Bitcoin’s entropic values versus the Usd stayed stable during 2019 although volatility has fallen a bit like in 2018,  the Growth Factor (G) decreased a bit to 1.00087% compounded daily or 137.7% yearly, close to the value of 1y ago. The optimal fraction of your total wealth to invest in bitcoin is unchanged to 4.4%  (~0.522*2=1.044 – 1 = 0.044 or 4.4% roundable to 5%)
These values are still much better then conventional markets except the Shannon Probability that still match the US Stock Markets (around 0.522); it means that out of 100 days an asset goes up 52 days and down for 48 days, on average.

2020 Price forecast	Full Historical Volatility	Half Historical Volatility
Forecast using only G*	~9951$	~9951$
Upper bound adding volatility	~29380$	~17097$
Lower bound subtracting volatility	~3370$	~5790$

*9949 is obtained with 1st January as a starting price (around 7227$) times (1.00087^365)=~1.377   |   7227*1.377=~9951, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.

What went wrong in 2019? Nothing:)

A year ago, I forecasted a maximum top of $16150 never reached during the year.
This market stayed above the 3000$ support forecasted 1 year ago but it didn’t go to the 1700$ support level using full historical volatility. On the other side it tried to reach the 16150$ resistance level with a top at 13880$ on June ’19.
During 2020 I recommend to buy inside the half volatility support area between 5790$ and 9950$ (target price using only the growth factor G) having already an open position from ~9000$ I will not buy more bitcoins during 2020.

Conclusions

For this year i think that there is a good probability to stay inside the 5790$-17100$ price zone with an equilibrium point at 9950$.
Like one year ago,  i think that at the end of a strong buying climax period, if any, it will be wise to reduce your bitcoin investment if the price goes above 50k USD (price calculated using the equivalent of 1.5 times the historical volatility of bitcoin while the other 17k usd target is calculated using 0.5 times historical volatility)

For all of you that are probably asking why i haven’t mentioned my fresh new bitcoin price model in this update i answer saying that i prefer to don’t mix different approaches. Aniway actual value of the Bitcoin FairPriceLine is roughly 5800$ and it’ll be at 10600$ at the end of 2020, same support price area of my quantitative approach (5790$-9950$)

I’m at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!

Every year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.

Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of last year) using daily data since August 2010 (average data of 4 main exchanges when possible).

	BTC/USD
Growth Factor G	1.00088 (1.00280)
Shannon Probability P	0.5222 (0.5384)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility)	0.058 (0.059 )

Bitcoin’s entropic values versus the Usd deteriorated in 2018 although volatility has fallen a little bit,  the Growth Factor (G) decreased down to 1.00088% compounded daily or 138% yearly down from 280% of 1y ago. Also the optimal fraction of your total wealth to invest in bitcoin dropped a bit in 2018 with a 4.4% instead of 7.7% of 1y ago (0.522*2=1.044 – 1 = 0.044 or 4.4% roundable to 5%)
Generally these values are still much better then conventional markets except the Shannon Probability that now match the US Stock Markets (around 0.522); it means that out of 100 days an asset goes up 52 days and down for 48 days, on average.

2019 Price forecast	Full Historical Volatility	Half Historical Volatility
Forecast using only G*	~5269$	~5269$
Upper bound adding volatility	~16150$	~9230$
Lower bound subtracting volatility	~1720$	~3000$

*5269 is obtained with 1st January as a starting price (around 3820$) times (1.00088^365)=~1.37   |   3823*1.37=~5269, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.

Using different approaches the support area for 2019 is around 1700$-3200$ while the resistance price area is above 9000$.

What went wrong in 2018?

A year ago, I forecasted a maximum top of $121000 never reached during the year. I halved the volatility factor (rms) to find a more realistic price level and i obtained 68000$, a value missed again by BTC/USD.

This market has been very weak all the year but the definitive sign of weakness has been the breaking of the support around six thousand dollars followed by an important minimum at about 3100$, a price level that I showed you a few months ago.
In that tweet i identified an additional support area from 2100$ to 3200$ that so far has not yet been visited.
If possible I recommend to buy inside this price area otherwise another trading opportunity will be to buy on strength when BTCUSD will break above the monthly 5 periods Kama average (i’ll tell you when with a tweet), this average is now around 5000$ but next month will probably drop to 4800$ .

Conclusions

For this year i think that i’ll consider the support/resistance levels obtained with a full volatility value with the result to have for the whole 2019 a good probability to stay inside the 1700$-16000$ price zone.
At the same time i think that at the end of a strong buying climax period, if any, it will be wise to reduce your bitcoin investment if the price goes above 30k USD (price calculated using the equivalent of 1.5 times the historical volatility of bitcoin while the initial 16k usd target is calculated using the historical volatility)

I’m at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!