BTC Up or Down Hourly historical data
BTC Up or Down Hourly is a Polymarket crypto series with markets recurring hourly. Marketlens has captured 3,848 markets since March 1, 2026, of which 3,846 resolved, with $14.5M 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.
Data as of 2026-08-16 · series slug btc-up-or-down-hourly
Resolution outcomes
Outcomes across 3,845 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 3,848 markets.
Bitcoin Up or Down - August 16, 5PM ET
closed 2026-08-16 · volume $5 · resolved Down
Bitcoin Up or Down - August 16, 4PM ET
closed 2026-08-16 · volume $105 · resolved Down
Bitcoin Up or Down - August 16, 3PM ET
closed 2026-08-16 · volume $63 · resolved Down
Backtest this series
from marketlens import MarketLens
client = MarketLens()
result = client.backtest(
MyStrategy(), "btc-up-or-down-hourly",
after="2026-08-09", before="2026-08-17", initial_cash=1_000,
)
result.show() # inspect the run in the dashboardAvailable datasets
Common questions
How many BTC Up or Down Hourly markets are in the archive?
3,848 markets from March 1, 2026 through August 16, 2026, of which 3,846 have resolved and 2 are active.
What data exists for each BTC 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 BTC Up or Down Hourly markets resolve Down?
Of 3,845 resolved markets with a recorded outcome, 1,933 resolved Down (50.3%) and 1,912 resolved Up.
How much does a typical BTC Up or Down Hourly market trade?
Average traded volume is $4.5K per market, $14.5M across the series.
Can I backtest strategies on BTC 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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