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Here is How Bitcoin Dominance Ratio Can Make You a Smarter Crypto Trader
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Here is How Bitcoin Dominance Ratio Can Make You a Smarter Crypto Trader

In simple terms, the Bitcoin dominance ratio measures the coin's market cap relative to the entire cryptocurrency market. Therefore, this ratio can be a handy tool to determine how strong Bitcoin (BTC) is, compared to the altcoins.

How to Use Bitcoin Dominance

As crypto investors and traders, it's essential to distinguish differences in market conditions between BTC and altcoins. Veteran investors already know that the crypto market is evolving in cycles.

As a result, there are times when Bitcoin outperforms the overall crypto market. Similarly, at other times, the altcoin prices rise faster than Bitcoin.

One of the simplest ways to use Bitcoin dominance is determining which has the strongest trend between BTC and altcoins. If you know that Bitcoin's price is outperforming altcoins or vice versa, you can position accordingly and maximize your profits.

There is a 2-step process you need to follow:

  1. Determine the trend on the Bitcoin dominance chart

  2. Determine Bitcoin trend

Lastly, once the general bias was established, you buy Bitcoin if both the BTC dominance ratio and BTC price are in an uptrend and sell Bitcoin if they are in a downtrend.

Similarly, you buy altcoins if the BTC dominance ratio is in a downtrend and BTC's price is in an uptrend. At the same time, you sell altcoins if the BTC dominance ratio is in an uptrend but the BTC's price is in a downtrend.

When Can We Confirm A Bullish BTC Or Crypto Market?

Bullish market
Bullish market

Some of the most frequently asked questions in the Crypto space are: “Are we in an uptrend?” “Has the bullish market started yet?”. So how do we determine when a bull market started, and when one has ended?

That is what we will explore in this blog. Stay tuned until the end to find out.

How do we determine a bullish market based on technical indicators?

Identifying a bullish market starts by selecting the right timeframe. The right timeframes, in this case, are the ones that are usually used by position traders, are either the 1-week or the 1-day timeframe.

We will then need to select the right indicators. Trend-following indicators are usually the most appropriate here.

MESA Weekly Chart

The MESA is displayed as a green cloud during bullish market conditions, and as a red cloud during bearish market conditions.

This indicator should only be used when trying to identify major bullish moves (lasting at least 180 days). The MESA on the weekly chart identified a bullish uptrend on the 26th of October 2015 until the 26th of March 2018.

Even if you had just held this position over 882 days, you would have made an almost 2,000% profit. This bullish market was so long that we had to use the logarithmic chart to fit it well in the figure below.

Like all technical indicators, this one isn’t perfect. It can give out fake signals, such as between the 3rd of February and the 2nd of March, when you would have ended up in a loss, had you traded solely based on this.

MESA indicator
MESA indicator

Crossover Of The 5 + 25 EMA Daily Chart

The crossover of the 5 and 25 EMA on the daily chart is another option for identifying bullish and bearish markets.

This indicator reacts faster to change than the previous option. Therefore it will indicate when a bull market started and ended before the MESA on the Weekly chart.

As shown in the graph below, this indicator isn’t perfect either. However, if you had solely used this indicator over the past year, you would have made around a 500% gain. So if you started with $1,000, then you will end up with $1,000*3*1.02*0.97*1.02*1.3*1.3= $5,117.

MESA indicator example
MESA indicator example

Parabolic SAR Daily Chart

Last but not least, we have the Parabolic SAR on the daily chart.

The Parabolic SAR reacts the fastest out of all of the other options presented in this blog. The indicator is displayed by dots underneath the price in bullish market conditions and dots above the price in bearish market conditions. This indicator can be used as a stop loss by position takers. It is particularly useful for scalpers who use strategies that are very dependent upon market conditions.

MESA indicator
MESA indicator

Conclusion

Selecting the right timeframe is the first step to identifying a bullish market. The daily and weekly timeframes are the most common choices.

You can then use trend following-indicators such as the MESA, EMA Crossovers, and the Parabolic SAR to identify the direction of the current trend. All of the indicators mentioned in this blog are available at Cryptohopper.

You can add them to your fully automated strategy to make sure you are only trading during bullish market conditions.

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