Crypto scanner guide

How the futures and spot scanners work

PerpMomentum is a free browser-based crypto market scanner. Compare perpetual futures on one normalized chart, inspect short-term price and volume, search spot markets, and find momentum without connecting an exchange account.

Choose the crypto markets you want to compare

Active futures markets

Scan a broad list of liquid perpetual futures selected using activity, liquidity, and spread quality.

Focused market lists

Switch to a curated futures list when you want to compare a smaller group of relevant contracts instead of the full market.

Crypto spot markets

Use the separate spot scanner to search coins and compare daily, weekly, and monthly price performance alongside trading volume.

Every futures chart, category, watchlist, and signal panel follows the market list selected at the top of the live scanner.

Market views

TREND

Clear movement in one direction with relatively little back-and-forth.

STEADY

Smooth, consistent movement with shallow pullbacks and fewer abrupt jumps.

FOLLOWING

Markets closely tracking the direction of the selected market list. This view stays empty when the market is mixed.

MOVERS

Markets that have moved more than most over the recent period.

EMERGING

Markets where a new direction is starting to become clear.

OSCILLATING

Markets making repeated strong moves up and down instead of holding one direction.

DIVERGENT

Markets moving differently from most of the selected market list.

DIVERSE

A smaller selection of markets with noticeably different movement patterns.

ALL

Every market in the selected list.

Following

Follows the group, not just BTC

The scanner finds the common direction across the selected market list, then looks for markets tracking that move closely.

Prioritizes cleaner movement

It favors consistent direction, smaller pullbacks, fewer large wicks, and less movement unrelated to the group.

When the selected markets do not share a clear direction, Following stays empty.

Read the relative chart

Choose the chart interval

Use 3m, 5m, or 15m candles to change the level of detail on the main chart.

Set and emphasize the baseline

Move the slider to choose where every visible market starts from 0%. Turn on Dim history to fade older movement before the selected baseline and focus on what happened next.

Compare like for like

Because all lines share the same starting point, you can compare their percentage movement directly.

Use BTC ×5 as a comparison

The dashed orange BTC ×5 curve multiplies Bitcoin’s percentage movement by five, making smaller BTC moves easier to compare with more volatile futures. The normal BTC curve remains unchanged.

Inspect one market

Select or hover a line or market name. The side panel shows its recent one-minute candles and quote volume.

Signal panels

Trend Continuation

Looks for a clear 3%+ rise followed by either a controlled pullback and reclaim or a tight breakout. It skips extended, spiky, or unrecovered moves.

Sudden Moves

Shows markets that move beyond your chosen percentage within your chosen number of minutes. You can switch either panel on or off and enable browser alerts separately.

Easy to use on desktop and mobile

Installable mobile PWA

Add PerpMomentum to your phone’s home screen for an app-like full-screen experience. The mobile layout keeps the one-hour detail chart and main comparison chart together for fast market checks.

No account or exchange connection

Open the free website and start scanning. PerpMomentum does not need your exchange login, API keys, funds, or permission to place trades.

Designed for quick decisions

Clear filters, consistent percentage scales, watchlists, market search, and compact charts reduce the time needed to compare many crypto markets.

Useful context, not trading advice

The scanners organize live market information so you can investigate movement more efficiently. They do not predict profits or tell you when to trade.

Ready to compare the market?

Open Live Scanner