CRYPTO MARKET PERFORMANCE AND RETURNS
About Crypto Market Performance
A comprehensive view of crypto market performance and historical returns. It calculates the performance of all available coins for a selected period and groups them into buckets to show how many coins are up or down, and by how much.
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What the performance view covers
The Crypto Market Performance page provides a multi-timeframe view of price returns across major cryptocurrency assets, allowing you to quickly assess which tokens are leading or lagging the market over short, medium, and longer-term periods simultaneously. Comparing performance across multiple timeframes reveals which assets have genuine momentum versus those experiencing short-term noise.
Reading short-term performance
Short-term performance tables (24-hour, 7-day) are most useful for identifying which assets have recently received fresh capital inflows or are in the middle of an active trade catalyst. Assets that appear in the top performers across multiple timeframes simultaneously — strong over both 24 hours and the past month — demonstrate the most consistent underlying demand.
What longer horizons reveal
Longer-term performance data (30-day, 90-day, year-to-date) reveals the structural winners of each market cycle. In bull markets, large-caps like Bitcoin and Ethereum often lead the early phase while mid- and small-cap altcoins tend to outperform later as risk appetite expands. Tracking multi-period performance helps identify which phase of the cycle is currently unfolding.
Interpreting cross-timeframe divergence
Cross-timeframe divergences can be particularly informative. An asset with strong 90-day performance but weak 7-day performance may be entering a consolidation phase. An asset with strong 7-day performance on top of weak 90-day returns may be rebounding from oversold conditions rather than beginning a new sustained uptrend — a distinction that matters significantly for position sizing and conviction.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this page show?
It shows price returns for major cryptocurrencies across several timeframes at once, from 24 hours out to year to date. Seeing multiple horizons together makes it possible to tell a fresh move from the continuation of a long-running trend.
What do short-term returns tell me?
The 24-hour and 7-day columns highlight where capital has arrived recently, which usually reflects news, a catalyst, or rotation. They are the most reactive and the least durable of the figures shown.
What do longer-term returns reveal?
The 30-day, 90-day and year-to-date columns show the structural winners of the current cycle. Sustained outperformance over months usually reflects genuine capital allocation rather than a single event.
What does a cross-timeframe divergence mean?
It means the short and long horizons disagree. Strong 90-day but weak 7-day performance suggests a leader that is cooling off, while the reverse suggests a laggard that has just started moving. Those disagreements are usually more informative than any single column.
How should I use this alongside other tools?
Use it to identify what has moved, then use a screener or chart to understand why and whether it is stretched. Performance tables describe outcomes; they contain no information about momentum, volume quality, or trend health.