Altcoin Season Doesn’t Start Everywhere at Once

Most traders wait for a single signal — the "altcoin season index" ticking above 75 — and miss the real structure underneath.

Altcoin rotations follow a predictable pecking order:

1️⃣ Large-cap alts lead first. $ETH breaks out relative to $BTC (ETH/BTC ratio recovering), signaling institutional capital is comfortable rotating beyond Bitcoin.

2️⃣ Mid-caps follow. $SOL moves next — chains with real ecosystems and liquidity depth attract the second wave of capital.

3️⃣ Small-cap and speculative tokens ignite last. This is the frothy final leg, not the beginning.

The mistake most retail traders make: they FOMO into small-caps while the rotation has already been underway for weeks in large-caps. By the time meme coins are exploding on social feeds, the smart money has already been deployed.

Watch these leading indicators instead:
• ETH/BTC pair trending up over 2–4 weeks
• Total3 (altcoin market cap ex-BTC/ETH) beginning to outpace BTC dominance decline
• Stablecoin inflows accelerating into mid-cap ecosystems

Altcoin season isn’t one event. It’s a rolling tide. Know where the water is rising before it reaches your shore.

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