I just saw an interesting chart displaying alt-to-btc cycle that left blanks to be filled in by viewers which gave me the idea to share my thoughts on the interplay of alts and BTC. Was originally going to post in comments there, but there is just so much to discuss around this topic so posting a deeper analysis here.
At BTC cycle bottom (before this chart and where we were a month and a half ago) alts are more oversold than BTC and therefore pump hard getting big gains anywhere from 4-20X, bringing them back to nearly or even beyond ATH. Check out my Bounce Play You Should Never Miss Again idea where I elaborate on this and why ignoring BTC on its 1 wave and being in alts is best.
Profits are then taken in BTC and the alts start long corrections (pump for 1-2months, correct for 6...although the B wave looks like another pump and against $ it is). This long correction spans the 2, 3, 4 waves of BTC.
By the 5th wave alts start waking up and near the end of the fifth they really start going nuts. As BTC goes parabolic on 3of5 ppl start taking profits and putting them in alts for a big 1 wave. BTC 4of5 provides the 2 wave. BTC 5of5 is where alts put in their 3 waves and see massive gains (mid December)...this only makes sense bc everyone knows BTC cannot go much further so the $ have to go somewhere and alts and fiat are the only options. BTC then puts in its A down of ABC and alts put in their 4s. The BTC B wave is where alt 5ths are put in and we get some extended monstrous fifths here in some (just like Jan was a much bigger month for some alts than Dec was).
CRASH - this we just went through and it occurs during BTC C wave and beyond if more complex correction. BTC makes final fall, not as steep as A but longer in duration and alts plummet as $ flies out of the market.
...bottom again where we smash the alts first and repeat. I believe alts have more to go even though many are up several 100% already. By the end of June I think 10-20x off bottoms will be a reality for many alts and then we will have a big correction till late in the year again. There is also the chance that BTC puts in a big B and we head below 6 after finishing these 5 waves in the 12-13k range as was my early March Idea. Either way, alts will fall quite a bit and come back up late in the year imo.
Hope you enjoyed this enough to give a like and I would love to read your views on how the alt-btc cycle works in comments.
I linked the post that got this idea going. Not any analysis there but a nice chart that has more than 2 arrows on it showing where we had pumps last year and the parts of BTC cycle they occurred at.