Everytime the market goes to the moon, the down trend lasts for a several weeks. Meaning, only when Bitcoin it's going to be at it's highest, the altcoins are going to be at the lowest point.
Then, the money from Bitcoin will start going to the Altcoins, making them going up even more.
Have you noticed the same thing?
What I have observed recently is that when the market was in its moments of greatest speculation, the dominance of bitcoin fell to 30% of the marketcap. But now that the whole market has entered into a great bearish trend, investors have preferred to seek a safe haven in bitcoin and that is why at this moment the dominance of bitcoin has risen to 36%.
For me this implies that investors are not willing to risk in the face of uncertainty, and therefore we will continue to see a very hesitant market for quite some time.