Steemit is a value creation platform, not a get paid to blog platform. A great way to trade steemit is 1) sell when too many whales are upvoting their own content and then cashing out the steem to sell onto the market, 2) sell your steem when you see people getting 100 usd for posting a picture of their nostrils, as these people will likely also remove their steem from the platform and sell into the market. 3) buy steem when whales start supporting (upvoting) content that will create value in the real world, stop selling their steem on the market and start upvoting people creating value (especially if that value creates a return). the reason steem is down is cus it is currently a selfish platform, with a me me me mentality, go look at the so called best steemians, and their cash out history on their wallet. it will surprise even the strongest steemit supporters. when you vote for a great steemian who is simply sending steem off the platform to then sell into the open market, you are literally contributing to crashing the price of steem. you are sending steem straight off the platform to be sold. therefore, if i catch any whale or high value steemian doing this I simply stop voting for them, and dont check back for 2- 3 or 6 months. I only now vote for people who are contributing to the value of steem in the real world, either promotional work, invention projects, apps or improving the steemit interface, making movies or anything else that might generate a return that could be reinvested into steem it. The steem price will only go up if other steemians start behaving this way instead of upvoting prominent steemians who are immediately sending their steem off the platform to sell