Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly)Polymarket historical data and price history
Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly): a Polymarket crypto series with markets recurring hourly. Marketlens has captured 4,578 markets since March 1, 2026, of which 4,576 resolved, with $14.6M in traded volume. Every market's order book is stored in full: periodic L2 snapshots plus every individual price change with a millisecond timestamp, 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 Hourly · slug btc-up-or-down-hourly
Resolution outcomes
Outcomes across 4,575 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 4,578 markets.
Backtest this series
from marketlens import MarketLens
client = MarketLens()
result = client.backtest(
MyStrategy(), "btc-up-or-down-hourly",
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 (Hourly) markets are in the archive?
4,578 markets from March 1, 2026 through September 17, 2026, of which 4,576 have resolved and 2 are active.
What data exists for each Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly) market?
Full L2 order book history (snapshots plus every price change at millisecond resolution), individual trades, OHLC candles, and the resolution outcome. All of it is queryable by the series slug "btc-up-or-down-hourly" through the API and Python SDK, or downloadable as Parquet.
How often do Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly) markets resolve Down?
Of 4,575 resolved markets with a recorded outcome, 2,294 resolved Down (50.1%) and 2,281 resolved Up.
How much does a typical Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly) market trade?
Average traded volume is $3.9K per market, $14.6M across the series.
Can I backtest strategies on Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly)?
Yes. Pass the slug "btc-up-or-down-hourly" to client.backtest() in the Python SDK. Execution mode replays every market's order book tick by tick and fills simulated orders against real historical depth with queue priority, latency, and fee modelling; Alpha mode replays one bar per market for slower signals over long windows.
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Replay Bitcoin Up or Down (Hourly) tick by tick
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$ pip install marketlens