Market profile
BTC/USD Bitcoin
How bitcoin trades: the size of a normal day, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 27 Feb 2026 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
$1,982
2.47% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
$2,212
3.07% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
Nasdaq 100
+0.48
When Bitcoin moves
The average range of each hour, in UTC. Shaded bands mark the main sessions.
Most active
13:00 to 16:00 UTC. The average hour moves $730.
Quietest
10:00 UTC. The average hour moves $366.
Seven days a week
Bitcoin trades every day, weekends included, with no daily break. Weekend liquidity is thinner.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your BTC/USD chart in one click. Included on the free plan.
How big a day is
Average daily range, by month and by weekday, over the last twelve months.
What the average daily range tells you→By month
By weekday
What moves with Bitcoin
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade Bitcoin with the analysis on your chart
- Included on the free plan
- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on BTC/USD
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on BTC/USD
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
AI quant signal on BTC/USD
Buy and sell signals on the 1-hour chart, confirmed at candle close, with the full track record.
Bitcoin signal track record→Bitcoin options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the BTC/USD price. Sample session · 3 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 79,456
- Zero Gamma
- 76,272
- Put Wall
- 75,925
What drives bitcoin
Risk appetite
Bitcoin has tended to trade with technology stocks.
Institutional flows
Fund flows and large holders can move the price quickly.
Leverage
Liquidations in crypto futures can extend a move sharply.
Rates and the dollar
Lower yields and a weaker dollar have tended to support it.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is BTC/USD?
The price of one bitcoin in US dollars. Most brokers offer it as a CFD on MT4 and MT5.
How much does Bitcoin move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of Bitcoin was $2,212, or 3.07% of price. Over the last 20 days it was $1,982.
What is the best time to trade Bitcoin?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 10:00 UTC.
What moves with Bitcoin?
Nasdaq 100 has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.48 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse Bitcoin?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your BTC/USD chart. Bitcoin also carries an AI quant signal on the 1-hour chart.
The terminal built for a new generation of traders
Available for Windows 10 and Windows 11
