Is “Sell in May” Still a Thing for Bitcoin...

[NotATether]

Well as you can see from the recent price surge, "Sell in May" is in fact not on the menu for Bitcoin, in fact it almost feels like Buy in May because we just regained $100k, and in fact even eclipsed it.

I have no idea what triggered this price activity though.

[debra]

Well as you can see from the recent price surge, "Sell in May" is in fact not on the menu for Bitcoin, in fact it almost feels like Buy in May because we just regained $100k, and in fact even eclipsed it.

It has been above $100k, it almost reaches $105k. Yes, we can consider to buy because the market looks better, the price of Bitcoin possibly increases higher and hits a new ATH. So, it is better to collect more Bitcoin that we start selling our Bitcoin. However, there is no problem to sell if it already hits the target for taking profits.

I have no idea what triggered this price activity though.

It may be caused by the positive progress on ETF issue. Although there are more big parties joining crypto investment. A big company like MicroStrategy keeps adding more Bitcoin on their wallets. This surely triggers the price to increase significantly because the demand is increasing well.

[slapper]

Well as you can see from the recent price surge, "Sell in May" is in fact not on the menu for Bitcoin, in fact it almost feels like Buy in May because we just regained $100k, and in fact even eclipsed it.

Whatever was on the “menu”, it sure wasn’t selling. This May looks more like a quiet accumulation party while everyone else was waiting for a drop that never showed up. Hitting $104K just wiped out any lazy seasonal thinking, for now, at least

I have no idea what triggered this price activity though.

It didn’t feel retail-driven. IBIT kept pulling in huge inflows last week. Coinbase premium stayed up. Sentiment flipped fast from fear to greed. So maybe it wasn’t one trigger. It was layered: low selling pressure, ETF flows, and people front-running the idea that others would sell. Feels like the “Sell in May” talk gave people cover to stack while things were quiet

[Hamza2424]

Well as you can see from the recent price surge, "Sell in May" is in fact not on the menu for Bitcoin, in fact it almost feels like Buy in May because we just regained $100k, and in fact even eclipsed it.

I have no idea what triggered this price activity though.

It seems like a green dream, honestly, from where this inflow is happening is uncertain, and now we are entering the FOMO zone again, I won't say buying here is the best time. We were already in the best zone where the fear and greed index was below 25.

[UNIVERSE]

It seems like a green dream, honestly, from where this inflow is happening is uncertain, and now we are entering the FOMO zone again, I won't say buying here is the best time. We were already in the best zone where the fear and greed index was below 25.

Green dream? You mean green market? Yes, we are in green market now. Finally we have green market again after we experienced about 2 months of red market. Sure, crypto market will be always unpredictable, nothing is certain in the crypto market. We must have several plans to deal with this condition. It is true that we must be careful when it is in FOMO zone. But it is good to consider selling because the price will tend to increase as long as we have big FOMO. The price of Bitcoin will drop again when the FOMO zone is over. Well, I personally expect we will see another BTC ATH during this FOMO zone.

[bayu7adi]

Maybe yes, maybe no... May is not over yet and Bitcoin has not been above $100k for five days (counting from May 8, 2025)... that means there are still 18 days until the end of May, whether Selling in May is still valid or not.. BTC's movement has indeed shown strengthening in the past month, (since April 10, 2025 the price was $76k) yes, this could be the right narrative for "Selling in May" because the market is formed to provide greater profits in May than April...

Of course, there is a possibility for a new ATH, and if it happens in May, it confirms that "Sell in May" means selling at the highest price... that's ideal for many money seekers, right?

[milewilda]

Maybe yes, maybe no... May is not over yet and Bitcoin has not been above $100k for five days (counting from May 8, 2025)... that means there are still 18 days until the end of May, whether Selling in May is still valid or not.. BTC's movement has indeed shown strengthening in the past month, (since April 10, 2025 the price was $76k) yes, this could be the right narrative for "Selling in May" because the market is formed to provide greater profits in May than April...

Of course, there is a possibility for a new ATH, and if it happens in May, it confirms that "Sell in May" means selling at the highest price... that's ideal for many money seekers, right?

And that what makes it hard to make up such conclusion because the market is always been that unpredictable and there's no way that we can be able to know on what would happen ahead and thats why its really that better that you shouldnt be that stressing up yourself on trying to determine whether it will be going up or down. The important thing on here is that you do really know on what you are doing and its always been best that you should be that sensible on whatever the actions taken on which you do seem that its just the right call. So its better that you should be that strategic in regarding about your current positions.

[target]

Its the common phrase in stock market because in the month of MAY, its usually bear market which the entire phrase says "Sell in May and go away".

The recent news in the about the China and US trade negotiation deal I think will cause the prices in crypto to be skyrocket making this phrase not apply anymore. We really are going up sooner because of  the reached agreement for both sides. We are just unsure yet what will happen after 90 days. If they see things are working out for both sides, they may continue this agreement for years.

[SmartGold01]

We can't entirely define the market how it's react over the time rather we needed more time to still watch how the market flows, it's true that historical data do repeat itself that doesn't mean that the market must always reoccurred how it was past years. So, we don't need to pick over the price than just keep watching how it scales through before one could possibly wants to sell off their holdings.

I agree with you, we have to observe the price and market movement. Because the market is not always the same as the previous cycle. As traders or investors we must be able to make analysis and crypto market movements so that in investing and trading we can get maximum profit.

Of course the market requires proper attention to monitor how the prices moves before venturing into the market and start trading or investment. Usually the month of May could be good seeing how the market is becoming that green.