There is a certain probability that the hard won $3700 resistance a week ago, turns out to be a solid support from now on. At least it held yesterday, which is a good sign. If this is so, we are definitely forming the next bull market with higher lows: 3100->3300->3700. And if the bulls hold this line, then soon everyone will be convinced that 2018 bear market was just a small hindrance that will be overcome really fast. Otherwise, we will have to endure the pains of 2015 pattern and have multiple bounces of $3300 area. Anyway, the time for accumulation cheap coins will be less than a year.
Many peeps don't realize it but everything below the previous ATH is cheap. My prediction is 6k by summer, 10-15k fall and at least 40k in December 2019 so yes you only have some 8-10 months to stock up.
40K this year? Not gonna happen.
I also think that 40K this year is a bit unrealistic from today's perspective. But let's recall early 2017. Everyone knew that the bull run from 400 to 1000 was fake. China's okex and other exchanges with 0 fees was the reason for that (I think they had >95% of the total volume). When the news of China's ban appeared, everyone was sure the bull market is over, and the price plunged back to 700-ish area for several months. How and why we reached 7K only 7 months later, I have no explanation. Multiple bad news were damaging the price: BFX problems with the banks, ETF hopes shattered by SEC, BU fork which didn't succeed thankfully, the August fork that scared some, Sept. China's ban again, Nov. fork that was cancelled, the huge dump of CW, Ver and Wu with the delusional hope of flippening. After that the only good news came about the futures, but the price was already near 10K by then. So, theoretically everything is possible, even 10x increase in the price. Let's not kill that hope. Who knows what will happen? The bull market may not be clearly visible now, but in early 2017 it was even more obscure.