altindex

• Model
• Chart

Get altcoin index overtime

Source Code: [link]

openbb.crypto.ov.altindex(period: int = 30, start_date: str = "2010-01-01", end_date: Optional[str] = None)

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
period	int	Number of days {30,90,365} to check performance of coins and calculate the altcoin index. E.g., 365 checks yearly performance, 90 will check seasonal performance (90 days), 30 will check monthly performance (30 days).	30	True
start_date	str	Initial date, format YYYY-MM-DD	2010-01-01	True
end_date	Optional[str]	Final date, format YYYY-MM-DD	None	True

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Returns

Type	Description
pd.DataFrame	Date, Value (Altcoin Index)

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Displays altcoin index overtime

Source Code: [link]

openbb.crypto.ov.altindex_chart(period: int = 365, start_date: str = "2010-01-01", end_date: Optional[str] = None, export: str = "", external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None)

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
start_date	str	Initial date, format YYYY-MM-DD	2010-01-01	True
end_date	Optional[str]	Final date, format YYYY-MM-DD	None	True
period	int	Number of days to check the performance of coins and calculate the altcoin index. E.g., 365 will check yearly performance , 90 will check seasonal performance (90 days), 30 will check monthly performance (30 days).	365	True
export	str	Export dataframe data to csv,json,xlsx file		True
external_axes	Optional[List[plt.Axes]]	External axes (1 axis is expected in the list), by default None	None	True

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Returns

This function does not return anything

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