Bitcoin Pi Cycle Bottom indicator today ← is the bottom in?
The Pi Cycle Bottom indicator, a companion to the Pi Cycle Top from LookIntoBitcoin, watches the 150-day exponential moving average against 0.745 times the 471-day simple moving average.
How it's computed
150-day EMA of daily closes versus 0.745 × the 471-day SMA. The signal fires while the EMA is below that band.
Reading it
On our data the EMA dropped under the band on 17 December 2018, two days after that cycle's low, and from July 2022 to March 2023 around the November 2022 low. It did not fire in 2026: the EMA came within a few percent of the band in July but stayed above it.
At past bottoms
| Jan 2015 | no data |
| Dec 2018 | FIRED |
| Mar 2020 | missed |
| Nov 2022 | FIRED |
| Jun 2026 | missed |
Within 30 days of each cycle's lowest daily close.
Questions
Did the Pi Cycle Bottom fire in 2026?
No. It came closest in July 2026 and has been moving away since price reclaimed its 200-day average.
Is the Pi Cycle Bottom the same as the Pi Cycle Top?
Same family, different lines. The top indicator uses the 111-day and 2 × 350-day averages crossing; the bottom uses the 150-day EMA and 0.745 × the 471-day SMA.