Mar 14, 2018 to Apr 1, 2019
384 daysBitcoin closed below its 200-day average on 384 days in a row. Its close was $8,270 on the first day and $4,158 on the last, a change of -50%.1
Bitcoin’s Longest Stretches Below Its 200-Day Average
A 200-day average is the mean of the last 200 daily closing prices; it smooths out day-to-day swings. This ranks the longest unbroken runs of days on which bitcoin closed below its own 200-day average, from April 2015 to November 9, 2026. It is a description of past closes, not a trading rule.
Data as of · daily closes at 00:00 UTC through Nov 9, 2026; first average on Apr 4, 2015
| Rank | Days | First day | Last day | Close, first day | Close, last day | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 384 | Mar 14, 2018 | Apr 1, 2019 | $8,270 | $4,158 | ▼ −50% |
| 2 | 381 | Dec 28, 2021 | Jan 12, 2023 | $47,589 | $18,870 | ▼ −60% |
| 3 | 289 | Nov 3, 2025 | Aug 18, 2026 | $106,548 | $64,681 | ▼ −39% |
| 4 | 86 | Apr 4, 2015 * | Jun 28, 2015 | $254 | $249 | ▼ −2% |
| 5 | 81 | Nov 8, 2019 | Jan 27, 2020 | $8,805 | $8,910 | ▲ +1% |
| 6 | 80 | May 21, 2021 | Aug 8, 2021 | $37,305 | $43,798 | ▲ +17% |
| 7 | 52 | Mar 8, 2020 | Apr 28, 2020 | $8,108 | $7,807 | ▼ −4% |
| 8 | 49 | Aug 18, 2015 | Oct 5, 2015 | $211 | $240 | ▲ +14% |
| 9 | 47 | Aug 30, 2023 | Oct 15, 2023 | $27,297 | $27,160 | ▼ −1% |
| 10 | 30 | Sep 26, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | $8,119 | $8,661 | ▲ +7% |
200-day average = the simple mean of the 200 most recent daily closes including that day (Yahoo Finance BTC-USD, 00:00 UTC day boundary).1 A stretch is a run of consecutive days on which the close was at or below that day’s average; it ends the first day the close is above it. Days = number of daily closes in the run; Last day is the final day at or below the average. * The run starting April 4, 2015 may have begun earlier, because that is the first day an average exists. Change = the last day’s close over the first day’s, minus 1. Only the 10 longest of the 38 runs since April 2015 are shown. Observed facts, not a forecast.
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For the opposite stretches, see the longest stretches above the average. For related price-history rankings, see the longest stretches below an all-time high and the longest daily streaks.
Dec 28, 2021 to Jan 12, 2023
381 daysBitcoin closed below its 200-day average on 381 days in a row. Its close was $47,589 on the first day and $18,870 on the last, a change of -60%.1
Nov 3, 2025 to Aug 18, 2026
289 daysBitcoin closed below its 200-day average on 289 days in a row. Its close was $106,548 on the first day and $64,681 on the last, a change of -39%.1
Apr 4, 2015 to Jun 28, 2015
86 daysBitcoin closed below its 200-day average on 86 days in a row. Its close was $254 on the first day and $249 on the last, a change of -2%.1
Nov 8, 2019 to Jan 27, 2020
81 daysBitcoin closed below its 200-day average on 81 days in a row. Its close was $8,805 on the first day and $8,910 on the last, a change of +1%.1
Sources
- Yahoo Finance chart API, BTC-USD daily close (00:00 UTC day boundary), 2014-09-17 to 2026-11-09, retrieved 2026-11-12. Averages and runs computed by Bittery from these closes.
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