Altcoin traders are under increasing pressure as market uncertainty rises in November. Analysts suggest an eight-step strategy to manage risk, spot opportunities, and navigate downtrends during Bitcoin’s ongoing dominance.
With the value of altcoins compared to Bitcoin weakening, traders are reevaluating their position sizing, tracking capital flows, and analyzing market narratives to help mitigate losses.
Strategies For Altcoin Traders to Navigate November Market Volatility
The altcoin market is facing its most severe reset in months, and traders are seeking direction. According to Galaxy Research, 72 of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization have declined by more than 50% from their previous all-time highs. This highlights how harshly the market has punished speculative bets.
Yet amid the fear, some analysts see opportunity for disciplined investors and are sharing frameworks for survival and potential outperformance.
Crypto analyst Miles Deutscher outlined an eight-step “survival guide” for November’s volatility. His advice? Stop gambling on weak altcoins and start trading like the market’s institutional players. Deutscher’s first rule is simple: benchmark every altcoin trade against Bitcoin.
“If your altcoin is in a downtrend relative to Bitcoin, you might as well just go long the leader,” he started.
He emphasized that few alts outperform BTC during risk-off conditions, making it crucial to watch BTC pairs before committing capital.
Next, he stresses technical discipline, entering at major support levels on higher time frames (12H, 1D, 3D, 1W) and setting clear invalidation points for each trade.
“If your stop gets hit, your thesis is wrong — that’s it,” he said.
Beyond charts, Deutscher highlighted flow analysis as a critical indicator of strength. He urged traders to track buy pressure and accumulation using tools such as Nansen, Arkham, Token Terminal, DeBridge, and DEXTools, alongside macroeconomic data from Artemis.
He also advises checking ecosystem health and sentiment via DefiLlama and cookie.fun, arguing that toxic or inactive communities can doom projects just as quickly as weak fundamentals.
“Avoid alts with harmful sentiment — they can completely destroy a project,” he warned.
To manage risk, Deutscher recommends separating capital into two distinct portfolios:
Core Portfolio: Holds fundamentally strong altcoins that meet multiple technical and on-chain validation points.
Degen Portfolio (≤20%): A small allocation for higher-risk bets, where traders can take shots without jeopardizing their overall portfolio.
Finally, Deutscher’s bonus rule, position sizing, may be the most crucial, noting that while one may get all the other seven points right, sizing incorrectly is a one-way ticket to losing everything.
In this regard, the analyst recommends a “conviction scoring” system using AI tools to match trade size with confidence level.
Market Context: Fear, Blood, and Selective Opportunity
BeInCrypto recently reported that November began with a bloodbath, as Bitcoin dropped below the $100,000 psychological mark and Ethereum logged its steepest daily loss of 2025. Analysts noted that while fear dominates, patience and trend confirmation are key.
Trading veteran IncomeSharks advised looking for assets showing strength, not breakdowns. Meanwhile, Lark Davis said even in downturns, “there’s always a sector rallying,” citing privacy and zero-knowledge (ZK) coins such as Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH) as current outperformers.
This aligns with Deutscher’s view that market momentum and ecosystem flows, not blind dip-buying, should guide entries.
Spotting the Next Big Move: Dino Coins and Structural Leaders
Based on these, analyst Altcoin Vector also pointed to “dino coins” like ZEC and DASH, noting that they are among the few retesting highs instead of lows.
These “ancient” coins, with no KOL allocations and long-term holder bases, are showing strong impulse alignment, a signal that often precedes structural leadership in altcoin seasons.
Supporting this thesis, trader The Dev listed ZEC, ICP, FIL, and The Graph (GRT) as potential next movers. Meanwhile, Alex Clay added DigiByte (DGB) for its 1,239-day accumulation structure.
“No snipers, better liquidity, and everyone has to actually buy,” said IncomeSharks, describing the appeal of these low-hype, holder-driven assets.
Still, analysts caution that chasing momentum too late can be costly.
“Buying into any coin might result in getting stuck; if altcoins turn bearish, you could be trapped for years,” BTCdayu warned,
Between Galaxy’s sobering drawdown data and Deutscher’s methodical roadmap, November’s altcoin market may reward patience and sizing over emotion.
In a market where 72% of top coins are still buried under 50% drawdowns, that might be the only way to survive November’s fear.
