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Best time to trade Bitcoin: when BTC moves most and least

Bitcoin trades every hour of every day, but it does not move the same way around the clock. This page measures every hourly bar of Binance BTC/USDT over the last 30 weeks and shows when Bitcoin moves most and least, by hour of day and day of week, in UTC. It is rebuilt about every 60 minutes.

Updated: · Binance BTC/USDT spot · 4,999 hourly bars from Apr 19, 2026 to Nov 14, 2026 · rebuilt about every 60 minutes

Over the last 30 weeks, Bitcoin moved most in the 15:00–16:00 UTC hour, where a typical hour was 0.657%, and least in the 10:00–11:00 UTC hour, where it was 0.267%, 59% smaller. Weekend hours moved 43% less than weekday hours. The busiest weekday was Thursday and the quietest Saturday.

Busiest hour (UTC)
15:00–16:00 · 0.657%
Quietest hour (UTC)
10:00–11:00 · 0.267%
Busiest weekday
Thursday · 0.501%
Quietest weekday
Saturday · 0.216%
Weekend vs weekdays
43% smaller
Typical hourly move
0.402%
Highest-volume hour (UTC)
14:00–15:00 · 7.6% of volume

Typical Bitcoin move by hour of day (UTC)

Typical Bitcoin move by hour of day (UTC)Bar chart of the typical one-hour Bitcoin move for each of the 24 hours of the day in UTC, with each hour's share of dollar volume below it. The table below lists every value.Typical move0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%00:00–01:00 UTC: 0.333%01:00–02:00 UTC: 0.428%02:00–03:00 UTC: 0.394%03:00–04:00 UTC: 0.399%04:00–05:00 UTC: 0.318%05:00–06:00 UTC: 0.370%06:00–07:00 UTC: 0.270%07:00–08:00 UTC: 0.316%08:00–09:00 UTC: 0.492%09:00–10:00 UTC: 0.324%10:00–11:00 UTC: 0.267%11:00–12:00 UTC: 0.292%12:00–13:00 UTC: 0.459%13:00–14:00 UTC: 0.631%14:00–15:00 UTC: 0.599%15:00–16:00 UTC: 0.657%16:00–17:00 UTC: 0.308%17:00–18:00 UTC: 0.345%18:00–19:00 UTC: 0.327%19:00–20:00 UTC: 0.323%20:00–21:00 UTC: 0.378%21:00–22:00 UTC: 0.385%22:00–23:00 UTC: 0.379%23:00–00:00 UTC: 0.317%0.657%0.267%Share of volume0%5%10%00:00–01:00 UTC: 3.9%01:00–02:00 UTC: 3.9%02:00–03:00 UTC: 3.9%03:00–04:00 UTC: 3.4%04:00–05:00 UTC: 3.1%05:00–06:00 UTC: 3.6%06:00–07:00 UTC: 3.6%07:00–08:00 UTC: 4.7%08:00–09:00 UTC: 4.7%09:00–10:00 UTC: 4.3%10:00–11:00 UTC: 3.3%11:00–12:00 UTC: 3.2%12:00–13:00 UTC: 5.0%13:00–14:00 UTC: 6.8%14:00–15:00 UTC: 7.6%15:00–16:00 UTC: 7.0%16:00–17:00 UTC: 5.1%17:00–18:00 UTC: 4.3%18:00–19:00 UTC: 3.6%19:00–20:00 UTC: 3.2%20:00–21:00 UTC: 2.8%21:00–22:00 UTC: 2.8%22:00–23:00 UTC: 3.2%23:00–00:00 UTC: 3.1%0003060912151821
Each bar is the typical size of a one-hour move for that hour over all seven days (the root mean square of the hourly moves). The lower bars are each hour's share of dollar volume. Hours are when the bar opened. US data releases and the stock market open shift by an hour with daylight saving, so their peak spreads over two UTC hours.
Hour (UTC)Typical moveAverage moveClosed upShare of volumeHours counted
00:00–01:000.333%+0.002%54%3.9%209
01:00–02:000.428%−0.039%45%3.9%208
02:00–03:000.394%−0.023%44%3.9%208
03:00–04:000.399%+0.010%52%3.4%208
04:00–05:000.318%+0.023%49%3.1%208
05:00–06:000.370%−0.012%53%3.6%208
06:00–07:000.270%+0.004%50%3.6%208
07:00–08:000.316%−0.001%47%4.7%208
08:00–09:000.492%+0.043%51%4.7%208
09:00–10:000.324%−0.009%46%4.3%208
10:00–11:000.267%−0.007%53%3.3%208
11:00–12:000.292%+0.025%54%3.2%208
12:00–13:000.459%−0.013%44%5.0%208
13:00–14:000.631%−0.074%44%6.8%208
14:00–15:000.599%+0.035%54%7.6%208
15:00–16:000.657%+0.011%52%7.0%208
16:00–17:000.308%−0.005%47%5.1%208
17:00–18:000.345%+0.015%50%4.3%208
18:00–19:000.327%−0.043%47%3.6%209
19:00–20:000.323%+0.013%57%3.2%209
20:00–21:000.378%+0.032%49%2.8%209
21:00–22:000.385%−0.009%48%2.8%209
22:00–23:000.379%−0.032%45%3.2%209
23:00–00:000.317%+0.009%56%3.1%209

Bitcoin by day of the week

The typical one-hour move on each weekday, all 24 hours together.

WeekdayTypical moveClosed upHours counted
Monday0.410%47%720
Tuesday0.364%49%720
Wednesday0.443%50%720
Thursday0.501%49%720
Friday0.497%50%720
Saturday0.216%53%697
Sunday0.291%52%702

Hour × weekday map

Darker cells are hours that usually move more. Read across a row for a weekday and down a column for an hour. The right column is each weekday's hours together, the bottom row each hour on every day.

Typical one-hour move of Bitcoin by weekday and hour (UTC), in %
00:00–01:0001:00–02:0002:00–03:0003:00–04:0004:00–05:0005:00–06:0006:00–07:0007:00–08:0008:00–09:0009:00–10:0010:00–11:0011:00–12:0012:00–13:0013:00–14:0014:00–15:0015:00–16:0016:00–17:0017:00–18:0018:00–19:0019:00–20:0020:00–21:0021:00–22:0022:00–23:0023:00–00:00Day
MondayMonday 00:00–01:00: 0.406%Monday 01:00–02:00: 0.557%Monday 02:00–03:00: 0.345%Monday 03:00–04:00: 0.366%Monday 04:00–05:00: 0.325%Monday 05:00–06:00: 0.383%Monday 06:00–07:00: 0.262%Monday 07:00–08:00: 0.268%Monday 08:00–09:00: 0.529%Monday 09:00–10:00: 0.362%Monday 10:00–11:00: 0.323%Monday 11:00–12:00: 0.430%Monday 12:00–13:00: 0.479%Monday 13:00–14:00: 0.467%Monday 14:00–15:00: 0.654%Monday 15:00–16:00: 0.746%Monday 16:00–17:00: 0.310%Monday 17:00–18:00: 0.344%Monday 18:00–19:00: 0.275%Monday 19:00–20:00: 0.305%Monday 20:00–21:00: 0.208%Monday 21:00–22:00: 0.348%Monday 22:00–23:00: 0.410%Monday 23:00–00:00: 0.266%Monday, all hours: 0.410%
TuesdayTuesday 00:00–01:00: 0.423%Tuesday 01:00–02:00: 0.410%Tuesday 02:00–03:00: 0.383%Tuesday 03:00–04:00: 0.271%Tuesday 04:00–05:00: 0.253%Tuesday 05:00–06:00: 0.281%Tuesday 06:00–07:00: 0.312%Tuesday 07:00–08:00: 0.294%Tuesday 08:00–09:00: 0.407%Tuesday 09:00–10:00: 0.313%Tuesday 10:00–11:00: 0.288%Tuesday 11:00–12:00: 0.234%Tuesday 12:00–13:00: 0.476%Tuesday 13:00–14:00: 0.413%Tuesday 14:00–15:00: 0.638%Tuesday 15:00–16:00: 0.575%Tuesday 16:00–17:00: 0.238%Tuesday 17:00–18:00: 0.358%Tuesday 18:00–19:00: 0.365%Tuesday 19:00–20:00: 0.246%Tuesday 20:00–21:00: 0.304%Tuesday 21:00–22:00: 0.248%Tuesday 22:00–23:00: 0.368%Tuesday 23:00–00:00: 0.297%Tuesday, all hours: 0.364%
WednesdayWednesday 00:00–01:00: 0.247%Wednesday 01:00–02:00: 0.390%Wednesday 02:00–03:00: 0.482%Wednesday 03:00–04:00: 0.331%Wednesday 04:00–05:00: 0.357%Wednesday 05:00–06:00: 0.393%Wednesday 06:00–07:00: 0.273%Wednesday 07:00–08:00: 0.255%Wednesday 08:00–09:00: 0.460%Wednesday 09:00–10:00: 0.311%Wednesday 10:00–11:00: 0.245%Wednesday 11:00–12:00: 0.266%Wednesday 12:00–13:00: 0.519%Wednesday 13:00–14:00: 0.678%Wednesday 14:00–15:00: 0.597%Wednesday 15:00–16:00: 0.951%Wednesday 16:00–17:00: 0.332%Wednesday 17:00–18:00: 0.374%Wednesday 18:00–19:00: 0.304%Wednesday 19:00–20:00: 0.527%Wednesday 20:00–21:00: 0.416%Wednesday 21:00–22:00: 0.483%Wednesday 22:00–23:00: 0.373%Wednesday 23:00–00:00: 0.369%Wednesday, all hours: 0.443%
ThursdayThursday 00:00–01:00: 0.376%Thursday 01:00–02:00: 0.555%Thursday 02:00–03:00: 0.427%Thursday 03:00–04:00: 0.555%Thursday 04:00–05:00: 0.365%Thursday 05:00–06:00: 0.343%Thursday 06:00–07:00: 0.275%Thursday 07:00–08:00: 0.401%Thursday 08:00–09:00: 0.574%Thursday 09:00–10:00: 0.329%Thursday 10:00–11:00: 0.368%Thursday 11:00–12:00: 0.227%Thursday 12:00–13:00: 0.564%Thursday 13:00–14:00: 0.999%Thursday 14:00–15:00: 0.915%Thursday 15:00–16:00: 0.877%Thursday 16:00–17:00: 0.366%Thursday 17:00–18:00: 0.488%Thursday 18:00–19:00: 0.310%Thursday 19:00–20:00: 0.250%Thursday 20:00–21:00: 0.501%Thursday 21:00–22:00: 0.311%Thursday 22:00–23:00: 0.278%Thursday 23:00–00:00: 0.315%Thursday, all hours: 0.501%
FridayFriday 00:00–01:00: 0.368%Friday 01:00–02:00: 0.471%Friday 02:00–03:00: 0.538%Friday 03:00–04:00: 0.655%Friday 04:00–05:00: 0.439%Friday 05:00–06:00: 0.518%Friday 06:00–07:00: 0.377%Friday 07:00–08:00: 0.462%Friday 08:00–09:00: 0.777%Friday 09:00–10:00: 0.461%Friday 10:00–11:00: 0.259%Friday 11:00–12:00: 0.408%Friday 12:00–13:00: 0.561%Friday 13:00–14:00: 0.916%Friday 14:00–15:00: 0.567%Friday 15:00–16:00: 0.583%Friday 16:00–17:00: 0.420%Friday 17:00–18:00: 0.355%Friday 18:00–19:00: 0.543%Friday 19:00–20:00: 0.376%Friday 20:00–21:00: 0.479%Friday 21:00–22:00: 0.321%Friday 22:00–23:00: 0.230%Friday 23:00–00:00: 0.242%Friday, all hours: 0.497%
SaturdaySaturday 00:00–01:00: 0.270%Saturday 01:00–02:00: 0.205%Saturday 02:00–03:00: 0.228%Saturday 03:00–04:00: 0.167%Saturday 04:00–05:00: 0.214%Saturday 05:00–06:00: 0.388%Saturday 06:00–07:00: 0.149%Saturday 07:00–08:00: 0.248%Saturday 08:00–09:00: 0.159%Saturday 09:00–10:00: 0.189%Saturday 10:00–11:00: 0.142%Saturday 11:00–12:00: 0.119%Saturday 12:00–13:00: 0.152%Saturday 13:00–14:00: 0.185%Saturday 14:00–15:00: 0.260%Saturday 15:00–16:00: 0.217%Saturday 16:00–17:00: 0.185%Saturday 17:00–18:00: 0.226%Saturday 18:00–19:00: 0.157%Saturday 19:00–20:00: 0.167%Saturday 20:00–21:00: 0.338%Saturday 21:00–22:00: 0.237%Saturday 22:00–23:00: 0.169%Saturday 23:00–00:00: 0.199%Saturday, all hours: 0.216%
SundaySunday 00:00–01:00: 0.136%Sunday 01:00–02:00: 0.269%Sunday 02:00–03:00: 0.248%Sunday 03:00–04:00: 0.153%Sunday 04:00–05:00: 0.190%Sunday 05:00–06:00: 0.197%Sunday 06:00–07:00: 0.167%Sunday 07:00–08:00: 0.194%Sunday 08:00–09:00: 0.253%Sunday 09:00–10:00: 0.221%Sunday 10:00–11:00: 0.155%Sunday 11:00–12:00: 0.222%Sunday 12:00–13:00: 0.293%Sunday 13:00–14:00: 0.211%Sunday 14:00–15:00: 0.281%Sunday 15:00–16:00: 0.231%Sunday 16:00–17:00: 0.232%Sunday 17:00–18:00: 0.166%Sunday 18:00–19:00: 0.168%Sunday 19:00–20:00: 0.250%Sunday 20:00–21:00: 0.313%Sunday 21:00–22:00: 0.601%Sunday 22:00–23:00: 0.634%Sunday 23:00–00:00: 0.456%Sunday, all hours: 0.291%
AllEvery day, 00:00–01:00: 0.333%Every day, 01:00–02:00: 0.428%Every day, 02:00–03:00: 0.394%Every day, 03:00–04:00: 0.399%Every day, 04:00–05:00: 0.318%Every day, 05:00–06:00: 0.370%Every day, 06:00–07:00: 0.270%Every day, 07:00–08:00: 0.316%Every day, 08:00–09:00: 0.492%Every day, 09:00–10:00: 0.324%Every day, 10:00–11:00: 0.267%Every day, 11:00–12:00: 0.292%Every day, 12:00–13:00: 0.459%Every day, 13:00–14:00: 0.631%Every day, 14:00–15:00: 0.599%Every day, 15:00–16:00: 0.657%Every day, 16:00–17:00: 0.308%Every day, 17:00–18:00: 0.345%Every day, 18:00–19:00: 0.327%Every day, 19:00–20:00: 0.323%Every day, 20:00–21:00: 0.378%Every day, 21:00–22:00: 0.385%Every day, 22:00–23:00: 0.379%Every day, 23:00–00:00: 0.317%All hours of the week: 0.402%

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Does Bitcoin rise at a certain hour?

An hour only stands out when its average move is at least 3.62 standard errors from zero. With 168 hours of the week tested at once, a looser bar would find a "habit" in pure noise: at 2 standard errors about 8 of 168 cells pass by chance.

No hour of the week moved up or down on average by enough to stand out from chance. A "best hour to buy" is not in this data; what the hours differ in is how much Bitcoin moves, not which way.

Why some hours are busier

There is no opening bell in crypto: Bitcoin trades around the clock, at weekends and on holidays. Its busiest hours still follow the traditional markets, because that is when most traders, funds and news are active.

US economic data such as inflation and jobs reports comes out at 8:30 New York time, and US stocks open at 9:30. Both often bring large hourly moves. In UTC that is 12:30 and 13:30 in summer and an hour later in winter.

Over the last 30 weeks the quietest hour was 10:00–11:00 UTC. Weekend hours moved 43% less than weekday hours. Quieter hours mean smaller moves, but often thinner order books too, so a large order can move the price more.

SessionLocal hoursUTC, winterUTC, summer
Tokyo Stock Exchange09:00–15:3000:00–06:3000:00–06:30
London Stock Exchange08:00–16:3008:00–16:3007:00–15:30
New York stocks (NYSE, Nasdaq)09:30–16:0014:30–21:0013:30–20:00
US economic data (CPI, jobs)08:3013:3012:30
Fed rate decision (FOMC)14:0019:0018:00

Hours as the exchanges publish them; US release times from the Bureau of Labor Statistics schedule, the FOMC statement time from the Federal Reserve. Winter is 14 January, summer 15 July.

Ethereum, Solana and other majors

Bitcoin and five other large coins, measured the same way on their Binance spot pairs. Bitcoin comes first for comparison.

CoinBusiest hour (UTC)Quietest hour (UTC)Weekend vs weekdaysTypical hourly moveHours that stood out
Bitcoin (BTC)15:00–16:0010:00–11:0043% smaller0.402%0
Ethereum (ETH)15:00–16:0006:00–07:0030% smaller0.536%0
Solana (SOL)14:00–15:0011:00–12:0019% smaller0.604%0
XRP14:00–15:0023:00–00:0012% smaller0.637%0
BNB15:00–16:0019:00–20:0013% smaller0.428%1
Dogecoin (DOGE)15:00–16:0011:00–12:0015% smaller0.660%0

How this is calculated

Every closed hourly bar of Binance BTC/USDT from the last 30 weeks (4,999 bars) is placed on its weekday and the hour it opened in, in UTC. Its move is the log change of its close against the previous hour's close, or against its own open after a gap, so a gap is not put on the first hour after it.

For each hour, weekday and hour-of-week cell the page shows the typical move (the root mean square of the moves), the average move and the share of hours that closed up (an hour that closed flat counts neither way). Volume share is each hour's part of the period's dollar volume (volume × close).

An average stands out only past the bar for the number of figures read together: 3.62 standard errors for one of 168 cells, 3.08 for an hour, 2.69 for a weekday: the more figures are tested at once, the higher the bar. Even then, trust a pattern that holds in neighbouring hours more than one bright cell.

The figures describe the past. Hours shift with daylight saving, the news calendar and market regimes, and a habit many traders know about tends to fade. This is not investment advice.

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Run the hour map on any symbol in Pro Lab (Pro)

Pro Lab's Hour × weekday map shows the same 168 cells for any symbol the app charts, on your own clock, with the average move and the up share too. It is part of the Pro and Elite plans. Eligible new subscribers on iOS or Android may see a free trial of up to 7 days on some plans; web purchases do not include a trial.

Questions

What is the best time to trade Bitcoin?

Over the last 30 weeks Bitcoin moved most in the 15:00–16:00 UTC hour and least in the 10:00–11:00 UTC hour. Which is "best" depends on what you want: the busy hours bring larger moves, the quiet hours calmer prices but often thinner order books. The hours differ in how much Bitcoin moves, not in which way.

What time does the crypto market open?

It does not open or close: Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Activity still rises when the stock markets in Europe and the US are open and around US economic data at 8:30 New York time.

Is Bitcoin less volatile on weekends?

Yes, in this period: over the last 30 weeks, weekend hours moved 43% less than weekday hours, by the typical one-hour move.

Is there a time of day when Bitcoin usually goes up?

No hour of the week moved up or down on average by enough to stand out from chance. A "best hour to buy" is not in this data; what the hours differ in is how much Bitcoin moves, not which way.

What is the best day of the week to trade Bitcoin?

Over the last 30 weeks, Thursday was the most active weekday and Saturday the quietest, by the typical one-hour move.

How is this calculated?

Every closed hourly bar of Binance BTC/USDT spot from the last 30 weeks is placed on its weekday and the hour it opened in, in UTC. For each hour and weekday the page shows the typical move (the root mean square of the hourly log changes), the average move and the share of hours that closed up. An average stands out only past 3.62 standard errors, the bar for 168 cells read together.

Can I see this for another coin, a stock or a currency?

Yes. The table above covers five more coins. Pro Lab's Hour × weekday map runs the same measurement on any symbol the app charts, on your own clock; it is part of the Pro and Elite plans. Eligible new subscribers on iOS or Android may see a free trial of up to 7 days on some plans; web purchases do not include a trial.

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