Ethereum Daily Returns

Historical price returns computed from daily futures closes: monthly and quarterly heatmap, weekly strip, weekday averages and yearly totals. Month return = last close of the month vs the previous month's last close; quarters and years compound the months.

Day by day in Oct

Each cell is the actual daily return on that Oct date in that year — one row per year, one column per calendar day.

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2026YTD
0.8
−1.4
0.7
1.5
−0.6
−0.5
−4.6
−3.9
0.5
0.9
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2025
4.9
3.1
0.7
−0.6
0.6
3.8
−5.1
1.8
−3.5
−12.5
−2.0
10.8
2.2
−2.8
−3.4
−2.3
−1.6
1.5
2.4
−0.1
−2.7
−1.7
1.3
2.0
0.5
5.2
−0.9
−3.4
−1.9
−2.5
1.1
2024
−5.9
−3.4
−0.6
2.8
0.0
1.1
−0.7
0.7
−2.9
0.7
2.2
1.5
−0.3
6.5
−0.9
0.1
−0.2
1.4
0.2
3.8
−2.9
−1.7
−3.7
0.5
−3.8
1.7
1.0
2.4
2.8
0.8
−5.3
2023
3.8
−4.1
−0.3
−0.6
−2.1
2.1
−0.7
−0.1
−3.2
−0.8
−0.1
−1.7
0.8
0.2
0.2
2.7
−2.2
−0.1
0.2
2.4
1.6
2.1
6.2
1.0
0.1
0.9
−1.3
−0.2
1.1
0.8
0.3
2022
−1.2
−2.7
3.7
2.9
−0.7
0.0
−1.6
−1.2
0.6
−2.5
−0.8
1.1
−0.6
0.7
−1.6
2.5
1.9
−1.6
−1.9
−0.2
1.3
1.1
3.8
−1.5
8.7
7.3
−3.3
2.6
4.2
−1.8
−1.1
2021
10.3
2.4
0.9
−0.9
3.9
1.7
0.4
−0.7
0.4
−4.6
3.8
−1.4
3.4
5.1
2.1
−1.0
0.5
−2.7
3.6
7.3
−2.6
−2.0
4.9
−2.1
3.4
−2.1
−5.1
9.3
3.1
−2.2
−0.8
2020
−2.0
−2.0
0.1
1.9
0.3
−3.6
0.2
2.8
4.0
1.5
1.0
3.3
−1.5
−0.6
−0.3
−3.2
0.8
2.4
0.7
−2.8
6.0
6.0
−1.2
0.7
−1.5
−3.4
2.8
−3.8
−0.3
−1.2
1.0
2019
−1.4
1.9
−3.0
1.0
−0.4
−1.9
4.7
0.5
6.2
−0.8
−4.7
−1.0
0.7
2.7
−3.0
−3.0
1.1
−2.5
−0.4
1.5
−0.3
−1.5
−5.7
−0.1
11.9
−0.9
2.5
−0.9
4.2
−3.0
−0.4
2018
−0.9
−1.6
−2.9
0.8
2.4
−1.1
0.4
1.4
−0.6
−1.0
−16.1
3.8
1.6
−2.1
7.1
0.2
−1.4
−1.8
0.2
0.8
−0.1
−0.5
0.1
−0.2
−0.6
0.3
0.4
0.6
−4.0
0.2
−0.1
2017
0.3
−1.6
−1.7
0.1
1.1
4.3
0.8
−0.8
−3.6
0.8
1.2
0.2
11.4
0.3
−0.9
−1.0
−4.9
−0.9
−2.0
−1.3
−1.3
−1.6
−2.9
4.0
−0.1
−0.5
0.3
−0.4
3.0
0.9
−0.6
2016
−0.4
0.2
1.9
−1.3
−1.8
−1.4
−1.5
−3.5
−1.4
−2.5
0.3
1.3
0.2
−0.2
0.4
−0.3
0.4
4.9
−4.5
0.6
0.6
−0.9
−0.3
−0.6
−4.6
1.0
−0.3
−3.6
−5.8
7.1
−1.7
2015
−6.6
−1.7
1.3
−2.7
−5.9
3.5
−6.3
2.0
4.7
−3.5
1.1
−1.4
−2.9
−13.9
7.4
−4.5
2.0
−5.4
−5.5
−11.1
2.9
26.9
−4.9
4.4
9.3
18.7
18.9
15.3
20.4
−13.7
−12.0
Median
−0.6
−1.6
0.4
0.4
−0.2
0.5
−0.7
0.2
−0.1
−0.9
0.3
1.1
0.7
0.2
−0.3
−1.0
0.4
−0.9
0.2
0.6
−0.1
−0.9
−0.3
0.5
0.1
0.9
0.3
−0.2
2.8
−1.2
−0.6
Each cell is one real trading day. The latest day's figure keeps updating until its daily close; returns across data gaps are excluded.ETH · USD · AUG 2015 — OCT 2026 · UPDATED OCT 10, 2026

About Ethereum (ETH) daily returns

This page cuts Ethereum (ETH)'s daily history two ways — average return by weekday for each year, and the actual daily return on every calendar date once a single month is picked. ETH's weekday averages are mostly noise around a violent tape: the market trades 24/7 and Ethereum's day-of-week effects are even less stable than Bitcoin's. The view earns its keep as a dollar-cost-averaging sanity check — it shows how little the choice of weekday has historically mattered next to the choice of month.

Each figure is a UTC daily close against the previous close, in USD; days after a data gap are excluded rather than smeared into the next day. ETH's data starts at its perpetual listing in November 2019. That window frames Ethereum's modern era — DeFi summer 2020, the 2021 double-peak, the 2022 unwind and the ETF-era regime after it.

Frequently asked questions

How much did ETH move on its latest trading day?

Ethereum's latest daily return is +0.86% for 10 October 2026, the daily close against the previous day's close on UTC boundaries. So far in October 2026, 5 of 10 trading days closed higher; the biggest up day was the 4th at +1.49% and the biggest down day was the 7th at −4.58%.

Which day of the week has the best ETH returns right now?

Across all years on record, Monday has the highest median average daily return for Ethereum at +0.67% per day, while Thursday is the weakest at +0.01%. In 2026 so far, Monday leads at +1.14% per day and Thursday trails at −1.02%. Each cell is the mean of that weekday's daily returns within a year, so the numbers are small per day but add up over time.

How does ETH perform on weekends?

Ethereum's median average daily return is +0.44% on Saturdays and +0.16% on Sundays, against an average of +0.29% per day across Monday to Friday. Crypto futures trade 24/7, so weekend candles are real trading days, not gaps.

Which day of the month is historically best for ETH?

By median average daily return across all years, the 13th of the month has been Ethereum's strongest calendar day at +1.42% and the 11th its weakest at −0.51%. 20 of the 31 calendar days carry a positive median. Day-of-month effects are noisy, so read them as texture rather than a rule.

Is there a best day of the week to buy Ethereum?

The weekday view computes it live from ETH's own history, and most years the spread between the best and worst weekday is small next to ETH's daily volatility. Treat any pattern as context for timing a recurring buy, not as an edge.

How far back does ETH's daily return data go?

ETH's history here begins at its first daily perpetual-futures candle on Binance in November 2019; every weekday and day-of-month figure is computed from that point forward — earlier spot-era history is not included.

How is a daily return calculated here?

Each day's UTC close divided by the previous day's UTC close, minus one, in USD. Days that follow a gap in the data are excluded so a multi-day move is never counted as one day.

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