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Bitcoin Cycle Trading Guides

Deep dives on the indicators behind Bitcoin cycle timing — what each one measures, where it has been right, and where it has been wrong.

Which of these are actually in the Score, and which aren't. The LiftOffr Score weights nine components: RHODL Ratio 20%, Puell Multiple 20%, Trolololo 15%, MVRV Z-Score 15%, Pi Cycle Top 10%, 2-Year MA Multiplier 5%, Reserve Risk 5%, Woobull Top Cap 5%, RUPL 5%.

Four of the guides below cover a weighted component: Puell, MVRV, Pi Cycle and the 2-Year MA Multiplier. The Rainbow Chart guide covers the logarithmic regression band the Trolololo component is built on. The CBBI, Fear & Greed and Google Trends guides cover indicators that carry no weight in the Score at all — CBBI is the public data source the component readings come from, and the other two are written about here purely as context that people ask about.

And four weighted components have no guide yet — RHODL Ratio, Reserve Risk, Woobull Top Cap and RUPL, which between them carry 35% of the Score. Their live readings, weights and a section on where each has been wrong are at /indicators in the meantime.

How to Identify a Bitcoin Cycle Top: The Nine-Indicator Weighted Score

The complete guide to timing a Bitcoin cycle exit — why single indicators fail, how confluence signals work together, and the staged profit-taking framework LiftOffr uses to read all nine weighted components at once. Start here.

Reading time: ~12 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published | ⭐ Start here

MVRV Ratio Indicator for Bitcoin: Predict Market Tops & Cycle Timing

Understand the on-chain metric that predicts Bitcoin cycle peaks. Learn when MVRV Z-Score signals overvaluation and how to use it with other indicators. Real thresholds, historical examples, and what each band has meant at past cycle turns.

Reading time: ~10 min | Difficulty: Intermediate | ✓ Published

Pi Cycle Top Indicator for Bitcoin: The MA Cross — and When It Missed

How the 111-day MA crossing 2× the 350-day MA fired at three of the five cycle peaks since 2013 — missing both November 2021 and October 2025 — and why the April 2021 early fire and the October 2025 no-show are the reason it carries 10% of the Score rather than a veto. The math, the track record, and how LiftOffr uses it in confluence.

Reading time: ~10 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published

Bitcoin 2-Year MA Multiplier: The Long-Term Mean Reversion Indicator

When Bitcoin exceeds 5× its 2-year moving average, it has historically been near a cycle top. Learn how this mean reversion tool works, why the signal compresses in larger-cap markets, and how it pairs with MVRV and Puell.

Reading time: ~9 min | Difficulty: Intermediate | ✓ Published

Google Trends Bitcoin: How Search Interest Signals Cycle Tops

When retail searches for "buy Bitcoin" spike, the cycle is usually close to topping. Learn which search terms to watch, how Trends data read at the 2017 and 2021 peaks, and why it's a confirmatory signal — not a trigger.

Reading time: ~8 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published

Bitcoin Cycle Indicator History: How Each Signal Performed in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025

A full breakdown of how the nine weighted components read at every cycle peak — including the October 2025 top ($124,824), which the Score did not cleanly get out ahead of: it entered the exit zone three times between November 2024 and October 2025, dropped back out three times, and only left it for good fifteen days after the peak.

Reading time: ~8 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published

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Every dated signal on this site is the LiftOffr Score computed over public historical price and on-chain data — a backtest, not a record of trades placed or calls published at the time. Past performance does not predict future results. Torin Christianson is not a registered investment adviser and nothing here is personalised to you. Full record, including every signal that went the wrong way, at /receipts. LiftOffr LLC (Montana). 18+ only. Full income and performance disclaimer at /disclaimer.