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title: altindex
description: The altindex documentation page provides information on how to display
  altcoin index over time, compare altcoins performance to Bitcoin, and interpret
  if it's an Altcoin Season.
keywords:
- altindex
- altcoin index
- Bitcoin
- Altcoin Season
- stablecoins
- asset backed tokens
- cryptocurrency
- blockchain
- crypto tools
- crypto comparison
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Display altcoin index overtime. If 75% of the Top 50 coins performed better than Bitcoin over periods of time (30, 90 or 365 days) it is Altcoin Season. Excluded from the Top 50 are Stablecoins (Tether, DAI…) and asset backed tokens (WBTC, stETH, cLINK,…) [Source: https://blockchaincenter.net]

### Usage

```python
altindex [-p {30,90,365}] [-s SINCE] [-u UNTIL]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| period | Period of time to check if how altcoins have performed against btc (30, 90, 365) | 365 | True | 30, 90, 365 |
| since | Start date (default: 1 year before, e.g., 2021-01-01) | 2021-11-25 | True | None |
| until | Final date. Default is current date | 2022-11-25 | True | None |

![altindex](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46355364/154068454-43dbc146-31df-4b25-bf14-0b12284afc6d.png)

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