What it means
Sector Rotation asks which coin groups are becoming unusually busy compared with the rest of the classified market. It uses quote turnover: the value traded in the market's pricing currency. This measures trading activity, not net investment, wallet transfers or a forecast of price direction.
Each coin's turnover is compared with its own recent history. Eligible groups are scored using their typical member, and the market-wide score is removed. A positive relative score means the group is busier than the market baseline; a negative score means it is quieter. If every group becomes busy together, relative scores can remain near zero.
Breadth shows how widely increased activity is spread within a group. Read it alongside the score: one active coin is weaker evidence of a group-wide change than several members becoming active together. Groups need at least five members to be scored. Smaller groups can appear in the share chart without entering the rankings.
Turnover share answers a different question: how much of the displayed total belongs to each group? A share can rise because that group's turnover grew, because other groups became quieter, or both. A group's large share does not automatically give it a high relative activity score.
The ribbons estimate how shares changed between observations. They do not track actual transfers of money between coins, identify traders or prove that selling one asset financed buying another.
In CoinScreener
Sector Rotation uses 4h candles, with readings updated after each four-hour candle closes. Compare completed intervals; see Candlesticks and Timeframes.
Select Sector Rotation in Alerts to find emitted events. An event is filed under a representative active ticker from the group involved; that ticker does not turn the group reading into a standalone trade recommendation. Alert delivery records qualifying transitions, rather than sending a notification for every snapshot.
Open Insights → Coin Rotation for the ongoing reading, including turnover shares, group standings and the rotation index. A current snapshot can exist even when no new alert fired. The rotation index measures how far apart the groups' activity scores are, not how far prices will move.
BTC and ETH start hidden in the share chart. Showing them changes the denominator and therefore the percentages. They are not scored as eligible groups. Read the displayed coverage and timestamp before comparing observations.
Three checks
- Compare like with like. Check the completed four-hour interval and whether BTC and ETH are included in the displayed shares.
- Read score and breadth together. Separate broad group activity from one coin's spike; Unusual Volume explains individual-market activity.
- Check price and risk separately. Activity can accompany buying or selling. Use Risk and Position Sizing to understand the separate decisions an alert does not make for you.
Product example
See the product example
Compare the weekly turnover-share columns with the group standings below. BTC and ETH are hidden in this Coin Rotation view. The ribbons estimate changes in share, not actual money transfers; the score and breadth describe a different, four-hour reading.
Sources
Product behavior checked against the CoinScreener alert-filter catalogue, Coin Rotation view and its explanation panels on 12 September 2026. The product screenshot was supplied on 12 September 2026.
