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Hey guys! I made some research and I didn't see this topic and I want to make comments there and since I could not get anyone here so I decided to drop this one. I have been hearing bitcoin bear market and the bull market but I have not really heard of a bear and bull market for Altcoins. So I will like to know the bear and the bull market of the altcoins or are they following the market price of bitcoin? Bitcoin is a project on it own and has it own blockchain and network and likewise with Altcoins.

Some of the Altcoins are good to invest but most of us are not aware of that if they are good because there is no bull time for them. And the way I see at them they are just going along with bitcoin. So some of the Altcoins are waiting for the next bitcoin bull market. So my humble question is there no bull market for Altcoins? If yes, there is, then when is the expectation and if no why?

Really an interesting topic to ponder upon.
My thoughts about the bullrun for altcoins is basically focused on the dominance scale of Bitcoin and Altcoins.
Although coinmarketcap gives Bitcoin dominance metrics and Ethereum dominance matrics alone, Ethereum is also an altcoin, so lets say its Bitcoin against altcoins, whenever Bitcoin dominance goes below 50% then I consider it a bulrun for the altcoins as the total coins apart from Bitcoin gives that metrics.
Also understand that coinmarketcap doesn't account for the entire coins and tokens in the Blockchain space.

The independent Bear and Bull market for altcoins is quite difficult to determine. While it actually exists, Bitcoin normally sets the tone for the overall market. So if Bitcoin is experiencing a bull market, the altcoins suddenly seem to have an increase in demand hence an upward price movement. The same case when it's a bear market; Bitcoin goes down, and altcoins start to nosedive (some even get their new ATL in the process). The last bear market is an example. However, this isn't the same for all altcoins as some altcoins with solid fundamentals, unique features, strong dev teams, etc can have a positive market while others are bleeding.

The main reason I stopped gambling was missing out on good entries, a trader would work really hard have his paydays. Bull season could happen at any time; all we have to do is buckle in and prepare to reap the system's enormous advantages. Bear and bull markets are incredibly risky to invest in since they both work in conjunction and nothing will change; all we need to do is become buddies. Bagging altcoins accentuates the presence of whales in the market. If all goes according to plan, cryptocurrency may be worth 100 times our initial investment. Because the bull market has yet to be triggered, we have more time to alter and balance things in the actual sport world.

usually based on the cycle it comes after bitcoin bullrun followed by ethereum then altcoin but honestly you can't be so sure.
the way altcoin season works is that usually the altcoin increase in unification reaching all time high, even right now if you see the market all altcoins generally that have good fundamental are already raising in term of price.
but can you call it altcoin season? i don't think so because these altcoin increase aren't meaningful enough because these altcoin just recovering back from their loss in the previous cycle when we hitting bearish market and losing 80% of all time high value.
just wait until bitcoin have massive rally then be prepared for altcoin season, the important thing is you've already accumulated enough.

I am not really so good with predicting and speculating anything most especially in regards to the crypto market but what I know is that when there is a bull run for Bitcoin then many altcoins would also be following. And this got something to do with sentiment...when there is an extreme positivity rubbing on the King of Cryptos then there is a big chance that alts would also be getting some of the benefits. I am not sure though if there is a proven correlation with this assumption. So by 2024 we can expect that there would be a double bull run...one happening for Bitcoin and another one happening for many alts especially the leading and more popular ones.

i am following the altcoin chart and i expected that when the time of bull market will increase in near future?

Interesting question! Bitcoin and altcoins are like tide and boats. Bitcoin raises all boats, but sometimes they sail alone. Each altcoin has its own fundamentals and market dynamics. They may seem to follow Bitcoin, but many have their own "seasons" of bull markets driven by project milestones or external investment. Altcoin bull markets can be sparked by technology advances, increased popularity, or regulatory developments that favour altcoins over Bitcoin. They are evolving while waiting for Bitcoin to take off. The cryptocurrency market is broad and active, with many projects emerging slowly until they gain popularity. When and how cryptocurrency bull markets occur is more important than whether they occur. Expecting an altcoin bull market depends on market, project development, and investor behaviour. This needs careful research, market cycles, and sometimes timing luck.

every time the bull run for BTC start, every altcoin prices are also in the bull market. basically crypto bull market includes the altcoins. everyone in crypto have heard of the SHIB rocketing up along with BTC during the last bull run. robinhood adding SHIB on them makes the hype run wild but so far today while the halving approaches no altcoins yet besides SOL that exponentially make a big upturn.

if you are up for memecoins, you are just as hopeful as the rest who are also looking here and there at which one to invest in. there are plenty of them and every shill are telling the shitcoin they own will hit $0.01 while they have billions of it worth $1000.

Don't expect any bull run for Altcoins for now because Bitcoin is the main engine that drives majority of the altcoins except the pump and dump ones,  basically you should do your research diligently to pick and select altcoins to invest because once Bitcoin resume it bullish run definitely majority altcoins would follow suit, however the ones that would pump massive might vary, I recall in 2017 when Bitcoin reach ATM many altcoins also pumped massively making 10x, 100x etc profits for investors who invested in them I am also expecting history to repeat itself during the next halving of Bitcoin next year where most altcoins are expected to pump respectively.

In the crypto market, the trend of altcoins depends on the bitcoin situation, the simplest example is to observe it in the short term (about the last 3 months) when we discuss a lot about the mainstream future of the market. Of course there will still be a lot of buzz around and gaining people's attention, but what we expect more is a clearer signal of bitcoin, before and now the index BTC. D is a way to identify the flow of money from bitcoin to altcoin and vice versa.

Most new and old people believe that investing in bitcoin is unlikely to be as profitable as holding altcoins, but that is the story of positions in investment finance, if you take risks easily, you will also easily lose. That's why most of the optimal strategies proposed by experienced people always keep the majority with bitcoin. When the market enters a bullish cycle, the trend of investing heavily in altcoins becomes popular.

Usually Bitcoin's bull run starts with bull market for Bitcoin and once the value of Bitcoin achieves significant gain there is usually a stagnant phase wherein the price will be in sideways and that's the time Altcoin investment start, on the background people who gains huge profit from Bitcoin starts moving their funds to altcoin once the value of Bitcoin is stable thus inflow of fund along with market sentiment about Bitcoin bullrun plays in favor of Altcoins and this is when the Altcoin bullrun starts with coins achieving ATH but the only difference here when compared to Bitcoin would be that If a coin has performed well in previous bullrun doesn't mean it will do the same this time as well. We have not seen same altcoins breaking their previous ATH and you may check 2017/18 bull run for reference wherein Bitcoin's bull market turn to bear into January 2018 but still ETH sustained till March before entering bear market

A valid question that the OP asked, because it is only bitcoin bull and bear run that most of us know about. From your analysis it is understandable that bitcoin is the pacesetter while other cryptocurencies follows, so in this case altcoins follows bitcoin trends. So i think that bitcoin bull run will trigger the interests for altcoins, where investors  will also want to cash in on other forms of crypto coins. So this can be s sort of bull run also for altcoins, I'm guessing that when it's bearish run for bitcoin, then it'll also affect altcoins negatively. It's just speculations for me, because like the OP I've not  come across where we're expecting bull or bear run for for altcoins, unlike bitcoin that has its pattern.

I believe that there are altcoins out there that can have their own bull and bear seasons, but since my interests are not in altcoin, I wouldn't know much about them. I really think that if there is a sort of regulation for altcoin development, and we don't have plenty of them, then we can understand and predict their seasons better. But crypto is decentralized, so it's easier to mix valuable coins with worthless coins together as altcoins, making it quite difficult for investors to have trust and know their trends.

You only know about Altcoins bull runs if you consider taking your time doing your own research about certain projects and following their news and updates and not only that, you also need to know the people behind it if they are truly reliable or not. Altcoins will act on their own and it depends on which altcoin you are talking about because they have their own timing when it comes to increasing their price like example Dogecoin, whenever Elon Musk says a good thing about it, the price will rise up temporarily and it will go down again. others have different approaches and you really need to know it in order to decide which one is good for investment.

We are already witnessing mini bull run in alts-coins market when Bitcoin coin broke psychological barrier of $30,000. Solana is leading the bull run, its price has almost increased to $44, that is about 5X of its bottom price of $8 during the recent bear market. The historical trends of cryptocurrencies show that bull run usually follows the substantial surge in Bitcoin price. When Bitcoins price stabilizes and its dominance in the market begins to decrease, this serves as indication of upcoming bear run in alts market.

 You are right that the terms bear market and bull market are commonly used in relation to Bitcoin, but they can also be applied to Altcoins.
It is important to note that Altcoins can have different use cases technologies and development teams which can impact their value and market behavior.
It is true that not all Altcoins receive the same level of attention as Bitcoin. But the Bitcoin is the King and how it will perform the other Altcoins will perform just like that.

You're right, some of them were having good prospect, but only few, how do we now know which one is good for an investment and which one should we refrain from, i want to believe that you understand that not every research made can give you adequate result or guarantee for not falling under a wrong crypto projects, but when we have it in mind that we are taking risk in whatever coin we invest, some will definitely yield profit while some may not.

Alts may pump separately and have its own bull run state but we don't know on when this one would provably happen since majority are in focus on bitcoin. Mostly people just link the bull run to majority of crypto when Bitcoin bull run happen since we can't deny that the price of other altcoin really pump that's why other think that this is the only season where all altcoins will have a good rally. But they didn't realize that bull run also happen to some other alts but we cannot trust them its because some of those tokens are just been manipulated by its owners so that they can play with the emotion of people holding it then deceive them with unexpected actions that's why its hard to spot those altcoin bull run. This is the main reason on why I stick with bitcoin bull because we always see that great things will always happen to this asset.

At first I thought that the bear run would be within the first 6 months of the year and the bull run would be in the last 3 months. However, that was not the case anymore because the cryptocurrency market is so unpredictable these days and is highly volatile.

Last 2018, we thought that it would finally recover but it got even worse. From almost $20k, it fell down briefly below $2k before settling around $3kish and the market did not really recover much until the late-2020s when BTC broke above $20k for the first time and even got up to $30k.

At the end of the day, it is all about anticipating the unexpected and we should be more prepared to any situation and acknowledging the results no matter what.

Sometimes I'm also tempted to plan for this thing called altcoins bull led by etheruem just like we see it in bitcoin.I have heard of altcoins rally or bull during the time I joined this forum and that people made good money from hodling altcoins coupled with the bounty hunter rewards that was profitable then. But now, I don't know if there is altcoins rally because I'm yet to witness it separately from bitcoin.

I think bitcoin has over taking the altcoins by far and they become insignificant to bitcoin bull. So maybe we can safely say that bitcoin bull leads altcoins to their new prices and some die off after the price of bitcoin goes into correction mode. So the price of altcoins rally from the bull of bitcoin.

bitcoin sets the tone for the entire market it’s been said that if the price for btc is looking up then this might be a good indication that altcoins will also go up this is because altcoins are quite literally tied to btc due to altcoins’ exchange rate being dependent on the price of btc

however this is not always the case

there is a phenomenon called altseason wherein btc goes down typically after a bull run and everyone is pulling out their money and there are more people putting their money into altcoins instead
investing into trusted altcoins right before an altseason would be a smart move

There's a bull market for a stand-alone altcoin. I think we have seen it before with BNB, Dogecoin, and more. These coins have been hyped and entered the bull without Bitcoin climbing up.
How to spot the new altcoins that will do the same is a big problem though.
Right now, most altcoins rely on the Bitcoin bull, and when it's stagnant, so do them. Ethereum on the other hand had been moving without Bitcoin climbing up but that expected being the number 1 altcoin in the industry. Pepe also grew yesterday but I would not expect that memecoin to sustain it for a long time. Perhaps it's just the leftover hype and it's making its market move.
When does an altcoin grow? Whenever the SEC attacks them. That's one. XRP is the proof of it.
It needs a big trend and I don't think that it can easily be received now considering most of the investors are waiting for the Bitcoin ETF.

From all the comments so far I have come to the conclusion that bitcoin has no specific bear and bull market on their own but hiding out under bitcoin. Altcoins have no bull market and whenever bitcoin price appreciate they are also increase. And I believe most people are not using it because of this nature of it. But that is not withstanding, altcoins is still good to invest.

Usually, they're first to go on a bull run than Bitcoin.
That's what I have noticed on them for the past years when we're approaching for Bitcoin's halving and bull run. But definitely, we tend to see the bull run of Bitcoin and then majority of the alts are following it. For some instances, there are the altcoins that are moving first just as I have said.
Looking and knowing for those is unknown.

Though you haven't heard about the bull and bear markets for altcoins, you must hear about alt season. Bull and bear totally depend on Bitcoin; hence, it is called the bull market and the bear market. Most of the altcoins follow the Bitcoin trends, though the growth ratio would differ from Bitcoin. When Bitcoin maintains stability during a bull run, we discover the alt season. That means it will be really bullish for altcoins. But altcoin would never make bull alone without Bitcoin.

Whatever anyone says the market always follows bitcoin.  Not saying if bitcoin goes up than all alts will.  But generally speaking that's how it works.  There is TA out there that indicates when bulls and bears start and end but if you can see bitcoin pumping like it has the last 30 days ypu will see alts follow.

The very first thing one should know is why are there bull and bear markets. There is no rocket science in that, a bull market occurs when there is more demand and less supply, if we talk about Bitcoin, we know it has a limited supply, and when the demand increases and people who are holding Bitcoins aren't willing to sell, those who are willing to buy keep bidding higher so that they can buy some. On the opposite side, a bear market occurs when the same thing is reversed, which means there isn't much demand and there is more than enough supply, which means that more people are willing to sell as quickly as they can and there are fewer people interested in buying, so the sellers start dropping the price so that they can sell their assets as quickly as possible.

Now, if we talk about altcoin bull or bear markets, there aren't specific times for them, and they generally go up and down with Bitcoin and the reason is the same as I described above. When Bitcoin holders start dumping their Bitcoins and the market starts going down, people holding altcoins see that happening and they start selling as well, the same happens when the price of Bitcoin is going up, investors think altcoins will go up as well so they start buying. Cryptocurrencies that don't receive enough investments wouldn't gain high value even during a bull run.

Talking about bull run for altcoins, I can't really tell if there's a specific time that we should be expecting such because most of the altcoins respond to Bitcoin, so Bitcoin volatility and movements have great impact on them as they follow same trend as Bitcoin, so most time when Bitcoin is on the bull run they follow suit and if btc is experiencing a deep aswell, same goes with those altcoins, personally my experience has been that you observe Bitcoin closely and will get some insight into how other altcoins could possibly behave.

There is no specific bear or Bull market for altcoins because they are all dependent on the price of bitcoin. It is difficult to know that when the Bull and bear season of altcoins will initiate but we can see the ups and downs in bitcoin price so whenever it grows up there will be immediate growth in altcoins price too.

We are waiting for Bull season that will occur due to halving so it is named as bitcoin Bull season but actually all other coins Fluctuates in the same way as that of bitcoin. Bitcoin and ethereum moves up with each other which has some positive effects on the growth of other altcoins too.

We are still in the bear market and we just have to wait till when the bull market will come. There are many people especially cryptocurrency analysts, saying that the bull market will commence by next year. We are also close and we have not still seen the market improving in the way that would be purely visible for us to be certain that the bear market is leaving us for the bull that is loading.

Anything can happen in the market. Next year might come and we might not even see a strong bull market like the way have have been expecting it to come. It is important for us to keep accumulating because anything can still happen in the crypto sphere.

I think I get the point that altcoins do tend to follow the bullish trend of Bitcoin but I would still like to know how possible is it that not all of them do because there are millions of altcoins out there and I can't deduce that all do move up during this period because most of these altcoins are what is known as shitcoins and their bull movement can just be of some minutes,hours, or days who knows, so if anyone is looking to catch some fun in investment in these coins, the more reputable ones would be more preferable.

Bull markets and bear markets for altcoins depend on Bitcoin. This can be seen from previous data, when Bitcoin is in a bull market, all altcoins are bullish, and when the Bitcoin market is bearish, altcoins are also bearish and can even fall sharply. Bitcoin dominance is also often used as a benchmark as a sign of Altcoin movements. Altcoins will be very volatile if Bitcoin experiences price declines and increases. In general, the bearish and bullish altcoin seasons follow the Bitcoin cycle.

As far as I remember from the 2016-2017 pre bull market it is quite different, when bitcoin gone high, altcoins will go down since traders are transferring their altcoins into bitcoin and it is happening vice versa when bitcoin dumps, altcoins pumps. It is different last bull market where bitcoin is the lead on where can the altcoin can go. My take is it is hard to expect the same thing again since it is not consistent and it has a chance to not be on the expected pattern.

There will surely be a bull market and altcoin season also. some Altcoins will outperform Bitcoin also. So, the best time to invest in meaningful ones is now. Also ,When you see that any altcoin is outperforming bitcoin, The best idea isg u to take profit from them to buy more  Bitcoin before another bear market or just use liquidity mining/Bitget smart portfolio to pair them with Bitcoin to automatically take profit from them while you earn some Fees in APY for doing so .

It has been said or happened many times mate that Bull market of altcoins are mostly happens
after Bitcoin make its way to the top as what we have seen many times before but make sure to be updated when altcoin is there.

What I also wanna hear is about BEAR MARKET OF ALTCOINS , that is what I never learn
from the start or have not understand the market for this(or maybe i am not truly interested because Im in Bitcoin)

exactly , and this is yes the right thought for Altcoins mate as it is truly hiding from Bitcoin
though sometimes some altcoins are going up but not the totality .

Yes, the altcoin pump pattern changes every circle. This time the altcoin pump was greatly influenced by Bitcoin dominance and Bitcoin movements. Although there are several altcoins that move unpredictably without permission. Is this influenced by the altcoin market cap which has increased? Altcoin marketcap and Bitcoin marketcap are different, I don't fully understand altcoins, because I'm rarely involved with altcoins, maybe only a few on the list of the top 100 coin marketcaps. In essence I am referring to bitcoin, when Bitcoin goes up after a while Altcoin also goes up and vice versa.

There is but when bitcoin is making highs the altcoins are just eating the dust and if Bitcoin gets a correction it's suffering more even if it just move a little. If you're monitoring the market we already got a mini altcoin season already but during bull market they explode more compare from this moves they made in the past weeks.

That is difficult to forecast; do you know why? This is due to the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies, which may be attributed to a variety of causes such as technical advancement and our global economy.

Other analysts believe that we are still in the early phases of the altcoin bull market, with creative cryptocurrency projects still being established. So, to be honest, answering your question is difficult.

But I think it's crucial for everyone to understand that bull and bear markets are normal parts of the financial system. Although the bear market might be frightening, it also presents a chance for us to purchase assets at a reduced price and hang onto them in order to make money later. Although bull markets might be thrilling, it's vital to keep in mind that they don't endure forever.

Supply and demand are key. Bitcoin is a classic capped supply example. When demand exceeds supply, prices rise; the opposite causes a bear market.

Not all altcoins are equal. Utility, governance, and technology offer unique value propositions. These factors may separate their market movements from Bitcoin's. So, the takeaway? Investors must look beyond Bitcoin. Analyze altcoins. Which ones are useful or innovative? Market fluctuations may make these more resilient. Remember that crypto excitement can boost prices, but real-world applications and adoption provide long-term value.

Future market movements may involve altcoins with solid fundamentals and unique use cases, rather than simply following Bitcoin. They may choose their own courses based on inherent merit, not market opinion. Doing your homework pays off for intelligent investors. Look beyond the hype, understand the technology, and invest in projects with real potential.

It usually follows Bitcoin only. When Bitcoin bull run will start, other alt coins will also follow. Same with bear market also. There can be some exceptions also. Like if particular alt coin made an association with some big company, we may see bull run for that particular coin.
Like once there was news that litecoin will be used for Walmart payments. It boosted price of litecoin a lot.

Cryptocurrency has session which is normally called Bull Run and Bear market's for alt-coins in respect of Bitcoin halving and Bull Run market always occur after Bitcoin halving which is reduction of Bitcoin rewards giving to miners and it triggers the scarcity of Bitcoin that also effect other alt-coins to skyrocket the price movement uptrend and after some period of time have to experience bearish market for correction candle stakes traders analysis.

Maybe that would really happen but sometimes it didn't go that way since once bitcoin dominance will go more higher and the attention of people are in focus to have bitcoin then for sure that altcoin market will drop its because they can't get huge demand the same on what bitcoin get at that time. This happen for so many times that's why we always need to watch the bitcoin dominance level since it somehow state if there's coming bear season for altcoins.

But we don't need to worry about this since that event just happen for a short time period and will be corrected once there is a correction happen on bitcoin then the demand thru all of crypto well be equally distributed to the top alts listed on the market. Also as you said it always better for us to follow the news since it gives us a hint on what will happen next to the news release.

All the comments I have seen and read here the number comments that say there is no real bull run for Altcoins are more that the users that say there is. And in any argument and debate they highest number carry the vote or win. Frankly speaking in my stay in the forum and experience so far I have not seen and heard of altcoins bull run but only bitcoin but I have only heard of "altcoins price is coming up a little bit" in some months back.

Even when the price of altcoins comes up, it follows the coalition of bitcoin price and it doesn't have it own bull market. As a legendary member said, altcoins have season and not bull and I so much like that statement.

Altcoin season usually comes after bitcoin makes a rally and stays stable at its peak for a few days. What happens is that investors book their profits in bitcoin and start buying those altcoins that haven't pumped by that time. These way after the bitcoin pump all the altcoins start pumping due to market buy orders. These happen when bitcoin markets experience a significant rally.

Bull and bear markets can occur because of several factors that can influence changes in the world economy, causing a shift in investments made by the public.  Lots of new coins have emerged that have new concepts and good progress, but after I bought them the price went down along with the price of BTC.  therefore I don't have a definite answer to your question

Altcoin season usually comes after a stable position in Bitcoin, when it has been at the top for several days. At this time, investors book to profit from Bitcoin and with that profit they start buying altcoins that have not been pumped by then. As a result, when Bitcoin gets pumped the market increases its buy order and because of this all Altcoins start getting pumped. This usually happens when the Bitcoin markets experience a significant rally. In fact, the cryptocurrency market often experiences distinct phases such as bull runs and bear markets. This reduction in the supply of new bitcoins can cause a shortage, which not only affects bitcoin but also has a positive effect on alt-coins, causing their prices to rise. This is a cyclical pattern that is influenced by various factors within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

arguably, altcoin could just happen at the same time when bitcoin also makes rally, recent rally of bitcoin just shown us that the altcoin is also having massive rallies even more than bitcoin i've seen plteny of coin that have gainied 100% increase, that alone already such a massive increase if we bought at the very bottom that is when it hits all time low when bearish was hitting the market.
right now most of those people are having their best day ever getting all those juicy profits that they deserved for holding for so long.
the thing with altcoin season and bitcoin rally its all random, the event could be happening in parallel, there's just no sure way to know when each one gonna happen, best course of action is simply just to hold some good amount of bitcoin.

In my opinion, the bearish market for altcoins follows the price of bitcoin, so if you want to know that the price of altcoins is going down, you should pay attention to the price of bitcoin first.
because the decline in altcoins is higher than bitcoin, for example bitcoin falls10% altcoins can fall higher than that.

In the crypto market, everyone can share an increase. Usually when BTC pumps ETH also pumps Altcoins too and if there is a BTC correction they will also go down too. Meaning When we see a big trend on a higher time frame, it means that the momentum of the higher time is also transferred to the lower time frame. however due to the strong volatility and hype, buying dips is currently the most profitable trading method.

We should not be Ina haste to know when the bull will come or when the bear market will be over. We just need to get prepared for the bull that is coming which will be a good time for us to make profits from the market. The bull will come which is very certain but we need to know whether we are going to utilize the bull market when it finally comes.

Since all fingers are not equal, it is also good to buy some Bitcoin and good altcoins so that we can hold whenever the bull is here. If we keep akaing about when the bull will come and we do not buy or invest in good volatile projects, then we could be mistaken and may not make profits when the bull finally comes.

Hello! Altcoins can also be in bull and bear markets, similar to Bitcoin. In a bull market, investors can make money when prices go up. In a bear market, they may lose money due to falling prices. Altcoins can be related to Bitcoin but are also dependent on their own factors such as technology and developments in their project. It is difficult to predict when the market will change, so it is important to follow news and events in the world of cryptocurrencies.

In fact the market price of Bitcoin follows almost all altcoins, which is natural to follow. Bear and bull markets can come anytime so you should buy good tokens and not waste time. Some altcoins are good for investment but you need to research which one will move more bull market in future. I saw a sudden bear market emerge with 2017 that exceeded my expectations. At that time i bought few coins which gave me big profits.

I think since the beginning of altcoin and up until now, generally the market trend of most (if not all) altcoin is still following Bitcoin, So whenever Bitcoin market is in bearish, the altcoin market follows, and vice versa. Sometime the certain altcoin price is surging or falling not following bitcoin, but mostly it's only in short time trigered by some events, so just short price movement not market trend.
Some altcoin with huge market cap might have their own market trend when bitcoin is sideways.

Alts have a shorter span of bull run, which makes it harder. What I mean is that during the bull run of crypto, bitcoin goes up first, then alts go up, then alts go down, then bitcoin goes down. This means that bitcoin takes slower to go down, and has a bigger span of staying higher, whereas alts during bull run could go down even during the bull run, there are plenty of projects that fail and screw up, so they do carry a big risk and even the ones that stay longer, will end up going down before bitcoin most of the time.

That is an important information because it means that you are going to end up with a shorter span of time to make a profit if you want to, however the upside is bigger, while you can make maybe 3x with bitcoin if you are lucky, you could make as much as 10x with alts, it's a shorter span of time but it is a bigger high. If you know what you are buying and do not get screwed up with a scam shitcoin then you could make a lot of profit from them.

That means now that bitcoin is on the way to the top and the altcoins are following it footsteps, it is the best time to buy those altcoins that increasing in price and hit $100+ so that when bitcoin finally got the ATH then those ones too has make a reasonable prices.

Though I know it very well that not all the altcoins are following bitcoin from bumper to bumper but they are few. The rest are shitcoins. There are some coins that will appreciate well in the future. Those are coins like ElonCoin, Dogecoin and litecoin etc.