Quote from swtrader:
"If I were going to make a case for being in a 'bear market' I would at least expect to see prices on the left side of the chart to be higher than prices on the right.
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maybe you need glasses, I see higher prices on the left side of the chart, as far back as 1998, 11 years
i see them from 1998-2001, and 2003-2008 - all on the left side of the chart
He means on the leftmost side of the chart. If one were to take the entire chart, as is, in a vacuum.