Bitcoin Price History Chart

How the Bitcoin Price History Chart works

Plots Bitcoin's closing-price path over 7 days, 1 month, 3 months or 1 year, with the period high and low, percentage change and the live 24-hour high and low. Data comes from exchange candles through a multi-source fallback, with CoinGecko as the last resort.

What you enter

• Period selector: 7D, 1M, 3M, 1Y (default 1Y)

What it shows

• Live BTC price and % change over the period
• Line chart of closing prices (4-hour candles for 7D, daily otherwise; downsampled to about 120 points)
• Period high and low (from closes)
• Live 24h high and low from the ticker

How to use it

1. Pick a period: 7D, 1M, 3M or 1Y.
2. Read the live price and the % change from the start of the period.
3. Check the period high and low to place the current price within the range.
4. Compare with the 24h high and low for the latest intraday range.
5. Switch periods to compare short- and medium-term direction.

Formula

Change % = (current price − first close of the period) / first close × 100. Range position = (price − low) / (high − low).

Worked example

A hypothetical 1Y reading: first close 60,000 USD, current price 66,000 USD, so change = 6,000 / 60,000 = +10%. If the period high is 73,000 USD and the low 53,000 USD, range position = (66,000 − 53,000) / 20,000 = 65%.

How to read the result

• The line is green when the current price is above the period's first close and red when below.
• Period high and low are based on closes, so intraday extremes were wider.
• Short periods show noise; long periods show trend.

Limits and cautions

• Closing prices only; wicks are not shown.
• The chart is downsampled, so brief spikes may not appear.
• Exchange prices differ slightly from index prices or other platforms.

Common questions

What was the Bitcoin price one year ago?

Select 1Y: the chart starts at the close from one year ago and the % change compares the current price with that first close.

Why is the period high lower than the intraday all-time high?

Period high and low are computed from candle closes, not intraday highs, so actual intraday extremes can be further out.

Where does the price data come from?

From exchange candles fetched in order from Binance, OKX, Coinbase and Bybit, with CoinGecko as the final fallback; the live price is overlaid on the latest close.