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.
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
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
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
CBBI combines ~9 on-chain metrics into a single 0–100 score. Above 85 = top territory. Learn how the composite works, what it read at every cycle peak, and why a blended score beats any single indicator.
Reading time: ~10 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published
The Puell Multiple measures miner revenue vs. its yearly average. Above 4 = historically near a top. Learn the formula, why halvings distort it, and why November 2021 showed what happens when Puell doesn't confirm the top.
Reading time: ~9 min | Difficulty: Intermediate | ✓ Published
The logarithmic regression bands that show whether Bitcoin is in "fire sale" or "maximum bubble" territory. Learn what each color means, how it read at every cycle top, and why it's context — not a trading signal.
Reading time: ~9 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published
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
The 0–100 sentiment score built from volatility, momentum, social media, dominance, and Google Trends. Learn the zones, what it read at the 2021 tops, and why it's a lagging temperature gauge — not a leading indicator.
Reading time: ~9 min | Difficulty: Beginner | ✓ Published
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
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