{"id":11662,"date":"2026-05-13T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-cycle-indicator-turns-green-for-first-time-in-years-early-bull-or-local-top\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:00:31","slug":"bitcoin-cycle-indicator-turns-green-for-first-time-in-years-early-bull-or-local-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-cycle-indicator-turns-green-for-first-time-in-years-early-bull-or-local-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Cycle Indicator Turns Green For First Time In Years: Early Bull Or Local Top?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CryptoQuant&#8217;s Bitcoin Bull-Bear Cycle Indicator is flashing a green signal for the first time since March 2023. Here&#8217;s what it could mean for the asset.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Now In &#8220;Early Bull&#8221; Phase On CryptoQuant&#8217;s Market Cycle Indicator<\/h2>\n<p>As highlighted by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake CryptoQuant Bitcoin Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator has signaled a shift for the cryptocurrency recently. This indicator tells us, as its name suggests, about the phase of the cycle that BTC is potentially inside right now.<\/p>\n<p>The metric is based on CryptoQuant&#8217;s P&amp;L Index, which combines the data of several key on-chain indicators to provide a single score for the network. The P&amp;L Index&#8217;s interactions with its 365-day moving average (MA) are considered to correspond to phase shifts for BTC. The Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator captures this relationship by tracking the difference between the two.<\/p>\n<p>When the Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator has a high value on either side of the scale, it means that the P&amp;L Index is a significant distance above\/below its average value from the past year. Such a trend can indicate that the asset is in an extreme phase. Similarly, the indicator being close to the zero mark can imply the market may be in a phase transition.<\/p>\n<p>Now, here is a chart that shows how the metric has looked for Bitcoin recently:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.cryptoquant.com\/422679\/quicktake\/BNdUULrrA_33761a265dade9a033a3c8019129c7d258f763255f1f5442e4ab295511be5959.png?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bitcoin Bull-Bear Indicator\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As displayed in the above graph, the CryptoQuant Bitcoin Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator dropped to a deep negative value after the price crash at the start of February. This low in the metric coincided with an &#8220;Extreme Bear&#8221; phase reading (shaded in purple) for the market.<\/p>\n<p>The indicator stayed inside this zone only for a few brief instances; however, as the cryptocurrency quickly found some stability. Throughout March and April, the metric remained in the &#8220;Bear&#8221; territory (blue), suggesting that while the P&amp;L Index wasn&#8217;t at an extreme distance below its 365-day MA, it was still low enough to correlate to bearish market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>As the price recovered, though, the Bull-Bear Cycle Indicator became less negative. And finally, with the latest continuation to the rally in May, it has left the Bear region altogether, with its value now implying an &#8220;Early Bull&#8221; phase (green).<\/p>\n<p>Historically, this phase has often been followed by bullish transitions for the sector. As the chart below highlights, the signal appeared in both 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.cryptoquant.com\/422679\/quicktake\/gJdfy_c64f368c086e61e269adab6931548c2edf9c8d1e39320bca6886546a4103af44.png?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bitcoin Historical Cycles\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also apparent in the graph, however, that a false signal also surfaced in March 2022. &#8220;Instead of confirming a new bull market, the signal marked a local top before Bitcoin continued its broader downtrend,&#8221; noted the quant. Given this, it now remains to be seen which of the two categories the new signal will fall into.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading: Bitcoin Exits \u2018Panic Zone,\u2019 But Capital Inflows Remain Weak<\/p>\n<h2>BTC Price<\/h2>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $80,700, down 0.5% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/n2g0V21N\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price Chart\" width=\"1486\" height=\"957\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CryptoQuant&#8217;s Bitcoin Bull-Bear Cycle Indicator is flashing a green signal for the first time since March 2023. Here&#8217;s what it could mean for the asset. Bitcoin Now In &#8220;Early Bull&#8221; Phase On CryptoQuant&#8217;s Market Cycle Indicator As highlighted by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake CryptoQuant Bitcoin Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator has signaled a shift&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[22,5213,5214,28,32,36],"class_list":["post-11662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-bull-bear-cycle-indicator","tag-bitcoin-early-bull","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-btc","tag-btcusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}