# btc altcoin market pulse
## Metadata

- Canonical URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/btc-altcoin-market-pulse/
- Markdown URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/btc-altcoin-market-pulse/index.md
- Product: skills
- Category: finance
- Tags: okx, trading, community, okx-marketplace, finance, trend
- Updated: 2026-07-14T03:00:00.357428+00:00
## Summary
Fetches live OKX market data across Bitcoin and major altcoins, analyzes price momentum, funding rates, open interest, and BTC dominance signals to produce a structured BTC + Altcoin Market Pulse report.
## Content
> **6DuckLearn provenance:** Community skill by muendocolo, mirrored from the OKX Skills Marketplace (https://www.okx.com/en-sg/agent-tradekit/skills/btc-altcoin-market-pulse). It is not curated, verified, or endorsed by 6DuckLearn or represented as an official OKX publication.
>
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# BTC & Altcoin Market Pulse

A structured market intelligence skill that delivers a real-time snapshot of
Bitcoin and the broader altcoin market — covering price momentum, RSI/MACD
technical signals, funding sentiment, open interest shifts, and BTC dominance
to help traders quickly assess where the market stands.

---

## Trigger Phrases

This skill activates on phrases like:
- "BTC analysis", "Bitcoin update", "Bitcoin market check"
- "altcoin pulse", "altcoin season", "is it altseason"
- "what's pumping today", "top altcoins", "which alts are moving"
- "market overview", "daily crypto update", "market sentiment"
- "BTC dominance", "BTC vs alts", "crypto news today"

---

## Tracked Assets

**Bitcoin:**
`BTC-USDT` (spot) · `BTC-USDT-SWAP` (perpetual)

**Major Altcoins:**
`ETH-USDT` · `SOL-USDT` · `BNB-USDT` · `XRP-USDT` · `DOGE-USDT` ·
`ADA-USDT` · `AVAX-USDT` · `LINK-USDT` · `DOT-USDT` · `TON-USDT`

---

## Workflow

### Step 1 — BTC Price & 24h Momentum
```
okx market ticker BTC-USDT
okx market candles BTC-USDT --bar 1H --limit 24
```
Extract: current price, 24h change %, 24h high/low range, volume.

---

### Step 2 — BTC Technical Indicators (RSI + MACD)
```
okx market indicators BTC-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market indicators BTC-USDT --bar 1H --indicator MACD
okx market indicators BTC-USDT --bar 1D --indicator RSI
okx market indicators BTC-USDT --bar 1D --indicator MACD
```
Interpret RSI:
- `RSI > 70` → Overbought — potential pullback risk 🔴
- `RSI 50–70` → Bullish momentum, healthy trend 🟢
- `RSI 30–50` → Bearish/neutral, watch for reversal 🟡
- `RSI < 30` → Oversold — potential bounce setup 🟢

Interpret MACD:
- MACD line **above** signal line → Bullish momentum
- MACD line **below** signal line → Bearish momentum
- Histogram expanding → Trend strengthening
- Histogram shrinking → Trend weakening, possible reversal

---

### Step 3 — BTC Derivatives Sentiment
```
okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP
okx market open-interest --instType SWAP --instId BTC-USDT-SWAP
```
Interpret funding rate:
- `> +0.05%` → Strong bullish leverage, longs paying — overheated long risk
- `0% to +0.05%` → Mild bullish bias, healthy
- `< 0%` → Bearish bias, shorts paying — possible short squeeze setup

---

### Step 4 — Altcoin Sweep (Top Movers)
```
okx market tickers SPOT
```
From the full ticker list, filter for USDT pairs and rank by:
1. **Top 5 Gainers** — highest 24h change %
2. **Top 5 Losers** — lowest 24h change %
3. **Top 5 by Volume** — highest 24h USDT volume

---

### Step 5 — Core Altcoin Deep Check + RSI
Run for each tracked altcoin: ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, LINK
```
okx market ticker ETH-USDT
okx market indicators ETH-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker SOL-USDT
okx market indicators SOL-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker BNB-USDT
okx market indicators BNB-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker XRP-USDT
okx market indicators XRP-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker DOGE-USDT
okx market indicators DOGE-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker ADA-USDT
okx market indicators ADA-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker AVAX-USDT
okx market indicators AVAX-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
okx market ticker LINK-USDT
okx market indicators LINK-USDT --bar 1H --indicator RSI
```
For each: capture price, 24h change %, volume, and RSI signal.

---

### Step 6 — Altcoin Funding Rates (Sentiment Layer)
```
okx market funding-rate ETH-USDT-SWAP
okx market funding-rate SOL-USDT-SWAP
okx market funding-rate XRP-USDT-SWAP
```
Flag any altcoin with funding rate > +0.08% (overheated) or < -0.03% (bearish squeeze risk).

---

### Step 7 — BTC Dominance Signal (Alt Season Check)
Calculate a simple proxy:
- Sum the 24h volume of all tracked altcoins vs BTC volume
- If altcoin aggregate volume > 2× BTC volume AND majority of alts outperforming BTC → flag as **Alt Season Signal 🟢**
- If BTC volume dominates and alts underperforming → flag as **BTC Season Signal 🟡**
- Mixed signals → **Neutral / Rotating 🔵**

---

## Output Format

Present the final report in this structure:

---

### 🟠 BTC Snapshot
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $XX,XXX |
| 24h Change | +X.X% |
| 24h Range | $XX,XXX – $XX,XXX |
| RSI (1H) | XX — Bullish / Overbought / Oversold |
| RSI (1D) | XX — Bullish / Overbought / Oversold |
| MACD (1H) | Bullish / Bearish / Weakening |
| Funding Rate | +0.0X% (Mild Bullish) |
| Open Interest | $X.XB |

---

### 🌊 Alt Season Meter
**Signal:** [Alt Season 🟢 / BTC Season 🟡 / Neutral 🔵]
Brief 1-sentence reasoning based on dominance proxy.

---

### 📈 Top Altcoin Movers (24h)
| Coin | Price | 24h % | RSI (1H) | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOL | $XXX | +X.X% | 62 — Bullish | $XXX M |
| ... | | | | |

---

### 📉 Top Losers (24h)
| Coin | Price | 24h % | RSI (1H) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... | | | |

---

### ⚠️ Alerts
- **Funding Rate Alerts:** List any coin with abnormal funding rates and what it signals.
- **RSI Extremes:** Flag any coin with RSI > 70 (overbought) or RSI < 30 (oversold).
- **MACD Signal:** Flag any BTC MACD crossover signals detected.

---

### 💡 Market Summary
2–3 sentence plain-English summary of overall market conditions —
is BTC leading or lagging, are alts rotating, any overbought/oversold coins
worth watching based on RSI and MACD signals?

---

## Notes & Limitations

- All data is pulled live from OKX public market endpoints (no API key required).
- Funding rates update every 8 hours; check timing when interpreting sentiment.
- RSI and MACD are lagging indicators — always combine with price action context.
- This skill provides market data and analysis only — it does not place trades.
- For trade execution, combine with `okx-cex-trade` skill.
- Always do your own research. This is not financial advice.

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