$BTC | The 200-Week Moving Average Heatmap is the most under-rated long-horizon cycle indicator in continuous use. Originally popularised by Phillip Swift in 2019. The mechanic: colour-code each weekly close by its percentage distance from the 200-week moving average. Below 2x of the 200WMA historically marks cycle accumulation; above 6x historically marks cycle euphoria.
Why the 200WMA-distance ratio works. The 200WMA captures the long-term price floor that has held across every Bitcoin cycle since 2013. The ratio of spot to the 200WMA tells you how stretched current price is versus the structural baseline. Deep blue heatmap zones (close to 1x or below) cluster at cycle bottoms. Red heatmap zones (5x or above) cluster at cycle tops.
Historical pattern across documented BTC cycle inflections:
- 2013-12 cycle top: heatmap deep red, ratio approximately 5x of the 200WMA
- 2017-12 cycle top: heatmap red, ratio approximately 4.4x
- 2021-04 cycle top: heatmap orange, ratio approximately 3.2x (lower than prior cycles, consistent with the diminishing-amplitude thesis)
- 2015-01, 2018-12, 2022-11 cycle bottoms: all printed deep blue heatmap, ratio at or below 1.2x
For Australian residents the practical layer: 200WMA heatmap is the cleanest signal for "is this a cycle bottom" sizing-in decisions. When the heatmap goes deep blue, the long-horizon CGT-eligibility clock (12-month minimum hold for the 50 percent discount) starts at the buy date. Front-loading entries during deep-blue zones positions parcels for the next cycle distribution to fall AFTER the 12-month threshold, which is the single most-expensive timing mistake to avoid at the AU 47 percent top marginal rate.
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