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Chainlink 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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YEAR
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10
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2026YTD
0.1
−4.1
2.3
1.1
−3.0
0.8
−4.5
−4.7
0.8
1.6
2.6
−5.4
2.1
−3.5
0.2
−0.9
−2.9
0.4
0.2
2.2
1.4
−4.3
−1.1
−1.7
−1.5
−0.4
1.5
2.0
−10.2
7.9
0.8
2025
5.9
0.9
−1.2
−2.2
−0.1
6.3
−6.7
3.8
−2.8
−21.4
−0.5
10.4
4.5
−3.8
−5.5
−3.5
−4.7
1.3
2.8
7.9
−5.6
−2.3
1.3
2.7
0.7
2.9
−1.8
−2.1
1.8
−7.4
2.7
2024
−7.1
−3.3
0.0
3.9
1.7
0.1
−1.1
−2.9
−2.8
0.2
3.3
0.9
−2.3
5.0
1.6
−1.9
−1.9
4.1
−0.6
4.9
−2.2
2.3
−5.5
2.6
−4.2
−1.1
−0.2
1.8
5.5
5.1
−7.9
2023
−1.7
−7.3
−0.8
3.6
−2.7
2.3
−1.5
2.0
−5.2
−0.2
1.8
−2.6
0.8
1.0
1.3
1.3
−2.7
0.5
−0.7
3.6
17.7
14.3
3.9
−1.9
6.6
−1.1
2.3
−2.4
1.5
1.2
1.2
2022
−2.5
−3.8
3.0
5.4
2.0
−3.1
−0.4
−1.9
2.3
−3.9
−2.7
0.2
−1.7
−2.0
−0.1
4.1
2.2
−2.8
−5.0
−1.7
2.3
0.9
2.9
−2.3
2.2
1.4
−3.7
3.2
7.4
1.9
0.9
2021
9.7
2.2
2.6
−3.5
2.4
−1.6
0.2
−1.7
4.0
−7.0
−1.3
−2.2
4.2
4.1
1.1
0.8
−2.5
−3.1
0.8
6.1
2.9
1.3
9.4
−5.3
9.0
0.5
−11.3
4.5
2.6
−3.8
0.7
2020
−2.3
−4.5
0.6
1.3
2.4
−8.7
2.3
6.5
8.8
1.2
3.0
5.4
−3.7
−1.0
−1.2
−1.6
0.3
2.4
0.4
−9.8
9.4
10.8
1.7
4.4
−4.3
−3.7
1.8
−4.0
−1.4
−1.6
1.2
2019
4.3
9.6
−3.3
1.4
−0.6
11.3
9.8
7.3
8.8
−6.0
5.2
−6.0
−4.2
1.7
−5.7
−0.1
1.4
−2.7
0.0
3.5
7.8
−1.0
0.3
5.3
3.1
−3.0
−2.8
−0.1
−0.1
−1.7
4.3
2018
−2.0
−1.3
−3.4
3.4
11.1
−5.2
−0.1
1.8
−1.1
2.4
−12.8
2.7
2.4
2.0
4.4
5.7
5.1
0.0
−4.0
2.4
0.3
5.0
12.2
−5.9
6.2
−1.3
2.8
−0.9
−5.1
7.7
12.4
2017
−3.3
−18.3
−3.1
15.0
2.3
17.0
−2.5
−14.3
−4.2
7.1
10.6
−1.4
−2.1
−9.8
5.5
2.5
−5.4
−8.6
−18.1
−25.4
12.9
4.8
−6.1
2.3
0.0
−10.8
−1.1
−8.1
−3.7
5.5
−7.6
Median
−1.8
−3.6
−0.4
2.4
1.9
0.4
−0.7
0.0
−0.2
0.0
2.2
−0.6
−0.4
0.0
0.6
0.3
−2.2
0.2
−0.3
3.0
2.6
1.8
1.5
0.3
1.5
−1.1
−0.6
−0.5
0.7
1.6
1.0
Each cell is one real trading day. The latest day's figure keeps updating until its daily close; returns across data gaps are excluded.LINK · USD · SEP 2017 — OCT 2026 · UPDATED OCT 31, 2026

About Chainlink (LINK) daily returns

This page cuts Chainlink (LINK)'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. LINK's weekday view, averaged over a year, is usually flat — a clean reminder that day-of-week effects in crypto are mostly noise. Its violent days cluster around oracle and tokenization headlines, which respect no calendar.

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. LINK's data starts at its perpetual listing in early 2020. As the original DeFi bellwether it front-ran the 2021 cycle — several of its best stretches arrived earlier than the majors'.

Frequently asked questions

How much did LINK move on its latest trading day?

Chainlink's latest daily return is +0.76% for 31 October 2026, the daily close against the previous day's close on UTC boundaries. So far in October 2026, 17 of 31 trading days closed higher; the biggest up day was the 30th at +7.90% and the biggest down day was the 29th at −10.18%.

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

Across all years on record, Wednesday has the highest median average daily return for Chainlink at +0.40% per day, while Monday is the weakest at −0.07%. In 2026 so far, Monday leads at +0.98% per day and Thursday trails at −0.59%. 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 LINK perform on weekends?

Chainlink's median average daily return is +0.31% on Saturdays and +0.19% on Sundays, against an average of +0.18% 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 LINK?

By median average daily return across all years, the 6th of the month has been Chainlink's strongest calendar day at +1.81% and the 21st its weakest at −1.31%. 22 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 weekday edge in LINK's daily returns?

History says no — LINK's weekday averages hover near zero most years, and its outlier days were news-driven. The view is more useful for confirming the absence of a pattern than for finding one.

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

LINK's history here begins at its first daily perpetual-futures candle on Binance in early 2020; 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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