IMHO, I think BTC will see a bull run not later than 2 years from the halving.
This time around there are aggressive institutional investors like Greyscale Fund going for BTC and a few other cryptocurrencies. They have even started advertising aggressively on Brave browser. Grayscale’s single-asset investment products provide investors' access to Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Horizen (ZEN), Litecoin (LTC), Stellar Lumens (XLM), XRP, and Zcash (ZEC). You can read about it here:
I consider all the ups and downs within this 2 years or shorter period to be just "noise."
RE: South or North, where do you see BTC in the coming months?