Every day since 2013, measured from its low to its high. How many days a year Bitcoin swung 3%, 5%, 7% and 10%, what a median day looks like each year, and why it changed.
Days per year with a big low-to-high swing
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The median day, year by year
Bitcoin: middle half of all daysBitcoin: 10% to 90% of daysBitcoin median dayNasdaq median dayBitcoin median of every day since 2013
Halving era vs halving era
Bitcoin moves in roughly 4-year cycles between halvings. Same measures, one era at a time, with big-day counts scaled to a 365-day year so the unfinished era compares fairly.
Rolling 365 days: the trend without calendar edges
Swing of
Weekdays vs weekends: where the volatility went
Median weekday range (Mon to Fri)Median weekend range (Sat, Sun)
Week by week: the same story, stronger
Bitcoin median weekNasdaq median week
Why it changed
Yes, it changed, and not evenly: the wild days almost disappeared while the ordinary day barely moved. Five reasons, each checked against the numbers on this page.
Every year in numbers
Days counted when the low-to-high range reached the threshold. Percentages in small print are the share of that year's days.