Small Holders Supply 90d
Retail cohort quarterly net supply change reveals quarter-over-quarter rotation patterns.
What is it?
Quarterly variant of Small Holders Supply 30-day. The 90-day window absorbs monthly fluctuations and reveals quarterly retail accumulation or distribution phases. No additional smoothing is applied; the wide window already provides a smoothed indicator.
How to read
Same reading as the 30-day variant but privileging quarterly trends over monthly moves. Simultaneous indicates across several consecutive quarters are the most informative for characterizing a durable retail regime.
Key zones
Full-year cycles of structural retail accumulation are historically associated with bull-middle and late phases (2020, 2021, and the 2024+ cycle). Full-year retail distribution cycles correspond to prolonged bear phases (2018-2019, 2022-2023).
What to observe
Quarterly transitions within a cycle are the most informative inflections. A quarterly flip on the fish cohort often precedes a similar flip on wider cohorts the next quarter.
Historical context
Massive shrimp accumulation quarters in 2017 Q4 and 2021 Q2 preceded local cycle tops. Sustained shrimp distribution quarters in 2018 Q2-Q3 and 2022 Q2 marked intermediate capitulation phases of the corresponding bear markets.
Expert notes
The 90-day window introduces structural lag: today's indicator integrates movements from mid-previous-quarter. For tactical real-time reading, revert to the 30-day variant or raw series.
Common mistakes to avoid
Do not overinterpret single quarters as macro indicates. Structural retail regimes require at least two consecutive quarters in the same direction to be considered durable. An isolated quarterly spike is more often noise than a real indicator.
Programmatic access
REST API
curl -sS \
'https://api.trinityinsights.io/api/v1/onchain/shrimp-crab-fish-90d/history?days=90' \
-H 'X-API-Key: $TRINITY_API_KEY'MCP server
{
"tool": "get_chart_value",
"metric_id": "shrimp-crab-fish-90d",
"timeframe": "1y"
}Required tier: pro. See the pricing grid for the tier list and the MCP documentation for multi-client configuration.
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