How much does Bitcoin move in a day?
In the 90 days to 27 October 2026, Bitcoin’s typical day was a move of 0.80% from the previous day’s close, up or down. It moved 2% or more on 16 of those days, 5% or more on 6, and 10% or more on 0. The biggest single day was a 7.28% rise on 21 Aug.
Past figures, not a forecast. These numbers describe the last 90 days of Binance’s BTC/USDT pair. The next 90 days can look very different.
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A typical day
The median daily move over the last 90 days was 0.80%, and over the last 30 days it was 0.89%. The median is the middle value: half the days moved less and half moved more. It is a better guide to a normal day than the average, because a few large days pull the average up.
How often Bitcoin moved 2%, 3%, 5% and 10% in a day
| Daily move | Days out of 90 |
|---|---|
| 2% or more | 16 |
| 3% or more | 8 |
| 5% or more | 6 |
| 10% or more | 0 |
The biggest days in the last 90
- 7.28% rise on 21 Aug
- 7.12% rise on 19 Aug
- 6.70% rise on 21 Sep
Each is the change from the previous day’s close to that day’s close, in UTC days.
Up days and down days
Bitcoin closed higher than the day before on 46 of the 90 days and lower on 44.
Close to close, or high to low: two ways to measure a day
The figures above compare each day’s close with the close before it. Measured from each day’s high to its low instead, the typical range was 2.37%. That is wider, because the price swings during the day and often comes partly back by the close. A price alert reacts to whichever price crosses your level first, at any time of day, so the high-to-low range is closer to what an alert actually sees.
What this means for a percentage alert
A percentage alert measures from the price at the moment you set it. With a typical day of 0.80%, a 1% alert on Bitcoin would have rung on most days in this window, a 5% alert on a handful, and a 10% alert on none or almost none.
Measured from each day’s opening price, a range 0.5% either side was crossed on 86 of the 90 days, after a median of 3 hours. A 1% range was crossed on 72 days (median 9 hours), and a 2% range on 36 days. Some coins have moved far more than Bitcoin: see how big a percentage alert should be, coin by coin.
How we calculated it
Daily candles for BTC/USDT from Binance’s public market data, by UTC day, for the 90 complete days from 30 July 2026 to 27 October 2026. Daily move: the change from one day’s close to the next, ignoring direction. Range: the day’s high minus its low, divided by its opening price. Range test: hourly candles, counting the first hour whose high or low crossed the range around that day’s open. The date at the top of this page shows when the figures were last calculated.
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Common questions
How much does Bitcoin move in a day on average?
In the 90 days to 27 October 2026, its median move from one daily close to the next was 0.80%, and its median range from the day’s high to its low was 2.37%. Past figures, not a forecast.
How often does Bitcoin move 10% in a day?
In the 90 days to 27 October 2026, it closed 10% or more away from the previous close on 0 days, and 5% or more on 6.
Is Bitcoin quieter at weekends?
In the last 90 days, its median move from a day’s open to its close was 1.01% on weekdays and 0.41% at weekends. Weekends, coin by coin.
Can I get an alert when Bitcoin moves a set percentage?
Yes. In Crypto Alerts & Alarms you set a percentage move on a pair such as BTC/USDT on Binance, and the alert fires when the price has moved that far from where it was when you set it, up, down or either way.
How volatile is Bitcoin?
In the 90 days to 27 October 2026, Bitcoin’s typical move from one daily close to the next was 0.80%, and its typical range from a day’s high to its low was 2.37%. In the last 30 of those days, its typical move was 0.89%. Past figures, not a forecast.
How often does Bitcoin go up?
In the 90 days to 27 October 2026, Bitcoin closed higher than the day before on 46 days and lower on 44, counting UTC days on Binance’s BTC/USDT pair. That is a count of past days and says nothing about the next one. Past figures, not a forecast.
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