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Best time to trade bitcoin, hour by hour

Bitcoin has moved most from 09:00 to 12:00 New York time, 1.9 times its quietest hour, and most on Fridays. Measured on 5,000 hour candles from 29 March 2026 to 23 October 2026, with the hours on UTC, UK and India time.

00:00 New York: $309 on average01:00 New York: $344 on average02:00 New York: $313 on average03:00 New York: $329 on average04:00 New York: $382 on average05:00 New York: $346 on average06:00 New York: $311 on average07:00 New York: $311 on average08:00 New York: $445 on average09:00 New York: $597 on average10:00 New York: $640 on average11:00 New York: $563 on average12:00 New York: $439 on average13:00 New York: $422 on average14:00 New York: $386 on average15:00 New York: $340 on average16:00 New York: $324 on average17:00 New York: $347 on average18:00 New York: $403 on average19:00 New York: $330 on average20:00 New York: $383 on average21:00 New York: $439 on average22:00 New York: $396 on average23:00 New York: $333 on average
Average move in each hour, New York time. The hour now is marked.

The busy hours

From 09:00 to 12:00 New York time, an hour's candle of bitcoin has averaged $597, $640, $563 from high to low: 1.9 times the quietest hour. US data comes out at 08:30 New York, and the US stock market opens at 09:30. The table below puts every hour on four clocks.

The quiet hours

The quietest hour is 00:00 to 01:00 New York, at $309 on average (0.43% of the price).

Every hour on four clocks

New YorkUTCUKIndia (IST)Average moveMedianOf the priceCandles
00:0004:00 to 05:0004:00 to 05:009:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.$309$2640.43%209
01:0005:00 to 06:0005:00 to 06:0010:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.$344$2910.48%209
02:0006:00 to 07:0006:00 to 07:0011:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.$313$2780.44%209
03:0007:00 to 08:0007:00 to 08:0012:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.$329$2810.45%209
04:0008:00 to 09:0008:00 to 09:001:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.$382$3050.53%209
05:0009:00 to 10:0009:00 to 10:002:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.$346$2800.48%209
06:0010:00 to 11:0010:00 to 11:003:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.$311$2630.43%209
07:0011:00 to 12:0011:00 to 12:004:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.$311$2700.43%208
08:0012:00 to 13:0012:00 to 13:005:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.$445$3590.62%208
09:0013:00 to 14:0013:00 to 14:006:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.$597$5370.83%208
10:0014:00 to 15:0014:00 to 15:007:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.$640$5810.88%208
11:0015:00 to 16:0015:00 to 16:008:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.$563$5050.78%208
12:0016:00 to 17:0016:00 to 17:009:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.$439$4030.61%208
13:0017:00 to 18:0017:00 to 18:0010:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.$422$3660.59%208
14:0018:00 to 19:0018:00 to 19:0011:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.$386$3230.54%208
15:0019:00 to 20:0019:00 to 20:0012:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.$340$2780.47%208
16:0020:00 to 21:0020:00 to 21:001:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.$324$2740.45%208
17:0021:00 to 22:0021:00 to 22:002:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.$347$2930.48%208
18:0022:00 to 23:0022:00 to 23:003:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.$403$3060.56%208
19:0023:00 to 00:0023:00 to 00:004:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.$330$2720.46%208
20:0000:00 to 01:0000:00 to 01:005:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.$383$3240.53%208
21:0001:00 to 02:0001:00 to 02:006:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.$439$3820.61%208
22:0002:00 to 03:0002:00 to 03:007:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.$396$3260.55%208
23:0003:00 to 04:0003:00 to 04:008:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.$333$2760.47%209

Times as they run now; the page moves them when a clock changes.

Range by day of the week

UTC dayBarAverage rangeMedianOf the priceDays
Sunday$1,625$1,4742.26%29
Monday$2,467$2,0943.41%30
Tuesday$2,284$2,0513.16%30
Wednesday$2,376$2,1353.32%30
Thursday$2,395$2,2103.33%30
Friday$2,589$2,1263.57%29
Saturday$1,098$9711.53%29

A UTC day runs from 00:00 to 24:00 UTC. 29 to 30 days of each.

How we measured

We took the hour candles of Hyperliquid's BTC perpetual from 29 March 2026 to 23 October 2026: 5,000 candles, every hour of the day. Each hour figure is the average distance from a candle's high to its low; each day figure is the high to low of a whole UTC day (207 of them). Across a whole day bitcoin moved $2,124 on average in that span, 2.95% of the price. We computed this on 23 October 2026. Busy hours come and go with the news, so treat this as a map of the usual day, not a promise for tomorrow.

Questions and answers

What is the best time to trade bitcoin?

If you want bitcoin moving, it has moved most from 09:00 to 12:00 New York time. An hour candle there has averaged $597, $640, $563 from high to low, against $309 in the quietest hour.

When is bitcoin quietest?

From 00:00 to 01:00 New York time, at $309 on average, 0.43% of the price.

Which day of the week does bitcoin move most?

Friday: a UTC day has averaged $2,589 from high to low, against $1,098 on Saturday. Each weekday has only about 30 days in this data, so one big news day can tilt its figure.

Does bitcoin trade 24 hours a day?

Bitcoin trades every hour of every day, and every hour counts here.

Where bitcoin is today, with the levels and the day's schedule: Bitcoin today. The chart: the bitcoin price chart, or Bitcoin on Pravex, free. The next US releases, with a countdown: economic calendar.

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