Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Rank #23 · Layer 1 · data since 2017-07-23 · last close 2026-07-26
24h
+3.38%
7d
+0.79%
30d
+9.98%
YTD
-63.80%
1y
-61.17%
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -15.4 | -9.8 | 2.0 | -5.5 | -31.3 | -33.9 | 8.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -2.4 | -25.5 | -3.9 | 20.6 | 13.4 | 21.9 | 11.0 | -3.1 | 3.0 | -4.5 | 1.1 | 10.8 |
| 2024 | -9.8 | 27.2 | 127.9 | -36.1 | 4.9 | -13.4 | 5.1 | -22.2 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 46.6 | -17.4 |
| 2023 | 37.2 | -0.9 | -6.1 | -5.1 | -3.7 | 168.6 | -18.5 | -16.3 | 12.7 | 4.7 | -9.6 | 17.3 |
| 2022 | -33.8 | 19.0 | 13.3 | -27.7 | -26.4 | -49.5 | 34.9 | -17.3 | 4.3 | -4.1 | -1.5 | -14.4 |
| 2021 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 84.1 | -29.4 | -25.0 | 3.7 | 16.6 | -21.0 | 18.7 | -4.5 | -24.5 |
| 2020 | 83.3 | -18.5 | -28.6 | 14.4 | -4.5 | -6.9 | 35.4 | -9.0 | -16.7 | 13.8 | 22.4 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | -24.0 | 15.1 | 27.8 | 58.5 | 66.2 | -10.3 | -18.3 | -14.3 | -18.5 | 24.7 | -23.1 | -6.5 |
| 2018 | -41.3 | -19.0 | -43.1 | 97.0 | -26.3 | -24.8 | 3.8 | -30.1 | -2.4 | -20.2 | -59.1 | -12.7 |
| 2017 | · | · | · | · | · | · | -41.0 | 89.2 | -24.1 | -3.6 | 223.5 | 82.3 |
| Avg | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.9 | 22.2 | -4.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -0.7 | -6.5 | 4.0 | 21.8 | 4.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.2% | +0.3% | +11.9% | +22.3% | -4.1% | +3.0% | +1.8% | -0.7% | -6.5% | +4.0% | +21.8% | +4.7% |
| Win rate | 33%/9 | 44%/9 | 56%/9 | 56%/9 | 33%/9 | 22%/9 | 67%/9 | 22%/9 | 44%/9 | 56%/9 | 44%/9 | 44%/9 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-98%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±41.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
44%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+223.49%
2017-11
Worst month
-59.07%
2018-11
Longest streaks
7▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Bitcoin Cash
The 2017 fork that took Bitcoin's block-size argument and turned it into a whole separate coin. Since 2017 it is down 36% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- It split from Bitcoin in August 2017 over the “big blocks vs small blocks” civil war.
- Every pre-fork Bitcoin holder woke up owning an equal amount of BCH.
- Its best month on record was November 2017 at +223.49%; its worst, November 2018 at -59.07%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.