What is Market Cycles?

This Academy lesson teaches market cycles for crypto traders — from core definitions to how desks apply it on live perpetual and spot markets.

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Market Cycles

BTC halving cycles, dominance shifts, altcoin seasons, accumulation/distribution phases, and cycle timing.

What this lesson covers

→Covers market cycle with desk-ready framing and examples.
→Covers halving with desk-ready framing and examples.
→Covers altcoin season with desk-ready framing and examples.

Keywords & desk context

This lesson sits in the Trading Foundations module. Traders use it to connect market cycle, halving, altcoin season, accumulation to live execution on CEX perpetuals and on-chain markets.

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