The 5-chart dashboard
Every week we walk the same core charts so you can spot regime shifts early and avoid reacting to noise. Each chart answers a specific question — and together they give a complete picture of market conditions.
- TOTAL — Is the overall crypto market trending up, down, or sideways?
- TOTAL2 — Are altcoins (ex-BTC) gaining or losing value as a group?
- TOTAL3 — Is risk-on appetite extending to smaller caps (ex-BTC & ETH)?
- BTC.D — Is capital rotating into Bitcoin (risk-off) or out of it (risk-on)?
- ETH/BTC — Is Ethereum leading Bitcoin, signaling broader leadership rotation?
The show walks through all 5 charts every week and translates them into a simple market read. Following along each week builds pattern recognition over time. Watch the latest episode →
How to read it in 5 minutes
The dashboard is designed for a quick weekly check, not daily monitoring. Here's the order that works best:
- Start with TOTAL — is the overall market in an uptrend, downtrend, or range? This sets your macro context.
- Check TOTAL2 — is altcoin performance tracking TOTAL or diverging? Divergence is always meaningful.
- Check TOTAL3 — are the smaller caps participating? TOTAL3 rising when TOTAL2 is flat often signals the early stages of broader alt rotation.
- Check BTC.D — is dominance trending up (Bitcoin-led, be cautious with alts) or down (alt season conditions building)?
- Check ETH/BTC — is Ethereum outperforming Bitcoin? This is often the first rotation signal in a broadening bull market.
What to do with the read
Each weekly read should produce one sentence and one decision:
- "This is a bull / bear / chop market" — based on TOTAL structure and BTC.D direction.
- One action: add risk, hold current exposure, reduce exposure, or wait for confirmation.
The point is not to be right every week — it's to be consistent. Over time, consistent weekly reads produce better decisions than reactive daily checking.
Common traps to avoid
The most common mistake is treating any single chart as a standalone signal. BTC.D declining means nothing if TOTAL is also declining — that's a bear market where Bitcoin is just falling faster. Always read the charts as a system, not individually.
The second trap is over-reacting to one week's data. Markets can stay in transition for weeks before a clear regime establishes. If the dashboard is mixed or contradictory, the right read is "unclear — wait for confirmation" and the right action is reduced position size, not aggressive entry.
In-depth guide to the weekly workflow
If you watch the charts every day, it's easy to feel like the market "changes" every hour. The goal of this page is to slow that down and make crypto market indicators useful: a repeatable way to read the market without chasing noise. In the YouTube Crypto Show, we use these five charts as a weekly dashboard so you can answer one question: are we in a risk-on expansion, a topping/chop phase, or a risk-off contraction?
A simple weekly dashboard — TOTAL, TOTAL2, TOTAL3, BTC.D, ETH/BTC, and what each one answers — is most valuable when you treat it as context, not a prediction. Think of it like a weather report: it won't tell you the exact price tomorrow, but it can help you choose whether you should be carrying an umbrella (tight risk) or enjoying the sunshine (let winners run).
The 5-chart dashboard works because each indicator fills a gap the others leave. TOTAL tells you macro direction but doesn't distinguish between Bitcoin-led and alt-led moves. TOTAL2 captures altcoin breadth but doesn't show leadership quality. BTC.D shows capital rotation but needs TOTAL for context. ETH/BTC shows leadership but lags the others. Together, they form a complete system.
Weekly workflow. Here's a simple routine you can run each week: (1) check the trend on each of the 5 charts (up/down/range), (2) note where they agree and where they diverge, (3) write one sentence — "This is a ___ market," — and (4) choose one action: add, hold, reduce risk, or wait. That's it. Consistency beats complexity.
If you want the fastest way to apply this in real time, go back to the show hub and follow the same order each episode: TOTAL → TOTAL2 → TOTAL3 → BTC.D → ETH/BTC. Over time you'll start noticing that the relationship between these charts matters more than any single price target.
One more practical tip: keep a small journal. After each weekly read, write down (a) what you think the regime is, (b) what would prove you wrong, and (c) what you'll do if that happens. This turns the crypto market indicator dashboard from "interesting information" into a plan. And it's exactly how you avoid emotional decisions when volatility spikes.
Watch the latest episode and grab the full weekly framework here: cryptoschool.cc/youtube-crypto-show/.