What is Bull market?
A sustained period of rising prices and optimism — when everyone's a genius and risk appetite peaks. The setup, historically, for the bear that follows.
A bull market is the sustained climb — rising prices, expanding volume, and a mood that migrates from disbelief through optimism to euphoria. Crypto bulls are ferocious: cycle peaks have historically delivered multiples, minted the "everyone's a genius" phase, and ended abruptly enough that the people who arrived last funded the exits of those who arrived first.
The practical skill in a bull is distinguishing the market's mood from your own judgement — precisely what our sentiment index and the guide to using it honestly exist for. The uncomfortable regularities: leverage grows as caution shrinks, FOMO peaks near tops, and the loudest phase of a bull has historically been closer to its end than its beginning.
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Related terms: Bear market · FOMO · All-time high (ATH) · full glossary
FAQ
How do I know if we're in a bull market?
Trend direction over months, breadth (are most coins rising, or just Bitcoin?), and sentiment all triangulate it — our daily market wrap shows each. You'll know for certain only in hindsight, which is the honest answer nobody advertises.
Is it too late to buy in a bull market?
Unanswerable in advance — some bulls run far longer than reason suggests, others end the week you commit. That irreducible uncertainty is the argument for scheduled buying and position sizing over timing.
General information only, not financial advice. Definitions are maintained in our fact database and reviewed with the daily rebuild.