1. Alts have no value of their own
2. The price of alts is a function of how much greed / fear is in the market.
3. Fear / greed is determined by Bitcoin price performance.
4. Alts are denominated in BTC.
5. When people are greedy they buy alts using BTC.
6. When people are fearful they sell alts using BTC.
ok, i understand most, but this would be true if actually people buy and sell.
When btc gets a dump, and the same microsecond the alts get a dump as well, it cannot be people being greedy/fearful, right? it must be a coupling in some form to the mastercoin, btc?
im not saying anything about the intrinsical value of an alt itself, nor if its a good or a bad alt, but just these fluctuations intrigue me and i dont really understand...