Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute)Polymarket historical data and price history
Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute): a Polymarket crypto series with markets recurring every 5 minutes. Marketlens has captured 53,860 markets since March 1, 2026, of which 53,858 resolved, with $21.0M in traded volume. Order books are stored at full depth, with every individual price change captured at millisecond resolution on the most actively traded markets, alongside trades, candles, and the final resolution outcome.
For the crypto archive as a whole, see Polymarket 5 minute market data.
Data as of 2026-09-17 · Polymarket series BTC Up or Down 5m · slug btc-up-or-down-5m
Resolution outcomes
Outcomes across 53,857 resolved markets with a recorded winning outcome. Settlement in the archive is by winning outcome, not by final traded price.
Markets in this series
The most recently resolved of 53,860 markets.
Backtest this series
from marketlens import MarketLens
client = MarketLens()
result = client.backtest(
MyStrategy(), "btc-up-or-down-5m",
after="2026-09-10", before="2026-09-18", initial_cash=1_000,
)
result.show() # inspect the run in the dashboardAvailable datasets
Common questions
How many Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute) markets are in the archive?
53,860 markets from March 1, 2026 through September 17, 2026, of which 53,858 have resolved and 2 are active.
What data exists for each Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute) market?
Full depth L2 order book snapshots at regular intervals, individual trades, OHLC candles, and the resolution outcome, with the full price change stream at millisecond resolution on the most actively traded markets in the series. All of it is queryable by the series slug "btc-up-or-down-5m" through the API and Python SDK, or downloadable as Parquet.
How often do Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute) markets resolve Down?
Of 53,857 resolved markets with a recorded outcome, 26,983 resolved Down (50.1%) and 26,874 resolved Up.
How much does a typical Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute) market trade?
Average traded volume is $429 per market, $21.0M across the series.
Can I backtest strategies on Bitcoin Up or Down (5 Minute)?
Yes. Pass the slug "btc-up-or-down-5m" to client.backtest() in the Python SDK. Execution mode replays order books against real historical depth; Alpha mode, one bar per market, covers every market in the series and suits its longer horizons.
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$ pip install marketlens