I know I am not in any way obligated to inform the community of my powering down, but nonetheless, I felt the need to explain. I am not one to leave my words or my actions open to interpretation.
I am not powering down in a panic because I have lost faith in the platform and believe I must withdraw as much as I can before the price of STEEM tanks.
I am not powering down because I no longer want to be a member of this community.
Much to the contrary, I am powering down for 2-3 weeks because I have witnessed a never before seen stability in the value of STEEM over the past month or so. For this reason, and a few others, I feel it likely that we may not be too far away from another spike in the price.
I do not know what the new, elevated value will be, but it is obvious that it will go high, and then level out lower.
So, if the price goes to 2 dollars, and then levels out at 1, I want to have some liquidity available to sell as close to 2 as possible.
Just as if the price goes back up to 4 or 5, and then settles at 2 or 3, I want to be able to sell as close to the peak price as possible, and potentially buy back at a low again.