Exactly right. Red Duke is waiting for sub $10k, and he may never get it. But at the same time, buying at $27k sucks as well when we had months of buying opportunity at 16k or 17k.
I did see a good post from Sledon Evans of all people (he was all in on Luna so not exactly a pro... LOL), but he mentioned how this run up is perhaps not strong hands or something like this. He said Bitcoin needs a steady rise, but the comment that really caught my eye was that if economy is getting bad, who will have the money to push prices higher. After March 2020, we of course saw huge government cheques providing cash, but this time around, we will not get the free money. Sure, the banks get bailouts, but no free cash for regular people.
Plus, if a crisis does really come about over the next few weeks, the lack of liquidity will more than likely cause a panic sell. I'm sure many of us are waiting to buy, but shit, if there is a good chance its at least going to 15k, then waiting is of course better. We can't rule out a run to 30k, then 40k, and never a drop below 20k again, but maybe waiting a bit now make sense.
Maybe adjust your averaging rate to reflect.
I wouldn't cease averaging in as this doesn't protect against the upside.
To sort of merge your idea with Schiz's-Your regular buy would be less when the market was over extended in the bull (Schiz would profit on the short move)and more when the price reached back into a lower buy zone that you identify as a discount.
Just thinking out loud.

