Just been thinking about something that keeps repeating in markets, and honestly, the pattern is almost too consistent to ignore. There's this chart that perfectly captures how money actually flows through market cycles, and it breaks down into three distinct periods that keep happening over and over.

First you get the panic years where everything crashes hard. We're talking 1927, 1945, 1965, 1981, 1999, 2019 - these are when fear takes over, prices collapse, and most people are too terrified to move. But here's the thing - this is actually when the real opportunities get created. Everyone's running away while the smart money is quietly accumulating.

Then comes the prosperity phase where assets are expensive and everything feels unstoppable. 1929, 1936, 1953, 1965, 1989, 2007 - these are the years when markets peak and everyone's convinced it'll never end. This is when you should be thinking about taking profits and locking in gains, not getting greedy.

The third period is the one most people miss - the hard times when prices are actually cheap. 1924, 1932, 1942, 1958, 1969, 1985, 2002, 2020. Sentiment is terrible, the news is depressing, but this is literally where long-term wealth gets built. Assets are at bargain prices if you have the stomach to buy them.

The whole cycle shows this pattern repeating like clockwork. Buy when there's panic and fear, sell when there's euphoria and greed. It's so simple it sounds stupid, but the chart proves it works. Every crash sets up the next bull run, and every bull run eventually crashes again.

We're in 2026 now, and based on this historical pattern, we should be entering that prosperity phase soon where markets feel expensive again. If the cycle holds like it always does, the next few years will separate the patient from the emotional traders. The question is whether crypto will finally break this cycle or if we'll keep dancing to the same tune.