Ethereum (ETH)
Rank #2 · Layer 1 · launched 2015-07-30 · data since 2015-08-07 · last close 2026-10-26
Ethereum (ETH) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -17.5 | -19.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | -11.1 | -21.7 | 18.5 | 32.5 | 8.8 | -13.4 | · | · |
| 2025 | -1.1 | -32.2 | -18.6 | -1.6 | 41.0 | -1.7 | 48.8 | 18.7 | -5.6 | -7.2 | -22.3 | -0.7 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 46.3 | 9.1 | -17.3 | 24.8 | -8.6 | -6.0 | -22.3 | 3.5 | -3.2 | 47.0 | -9.9 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | -4.0 | -11.3 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
| 2022 | -26.9 | 8.8 | 12.3 | -16.9 | -28.8 | -44.8 | 56.7 | -7.4 | -14.5 | 18.4 | -17.7 | -7.6 |
| 2021 | 78.3 | 8.1 | 35.2 | 44.5 | -2.4 | -15.9 | 11.3 | 35.5 | -12.5 | 42.9 | 8.0 | -20.6 |
| 2020 | 39.3 | 20.7 | -38.9 | 55.3 | 12.4 | -2.6 | 53.5 | 25.3 | -17.0 | 6.9 | 60.3 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | -19.0 | 27.1 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 65.6 | 9.2 | -25.4 | -21.4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | -16.9 | -14.7 |
| 2018 | 48.6 | -24.1 | -53.9 | 70.3 | -13.9 | -21.4 | -4.9 | -34.8 | -17.2 | -14.7 | -42.7 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 30.1 | 47.9 | 201.7 | 51.4 | 230.3 | 28.0 | -36.2 | 97.0 | -22.8 | 2.9 | 47.7 | 69.3 |
| 2016 | 137.4 | 161.4 | 94.9 | -30.0 | 60.9 | -4.2 | -4.5 | -6.7 | 17.6 | -13.8 | -26.4 | -3.6 |
| 2015 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -61.6 | -49.3 | 43.4 | -9.6 | 11.9 |
| Avg | 27.4 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 16.4 | 34.5 | -7.3 | 9.8 | 3.6 | -8.5 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 6.4 |
| Median | 30.1 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 12.4 | -4.2 | -4.0 | -7.1 | -9.1 | 2.9 | -9.6 | -0.7 |
October so far: -13.4% against an average of +7.7% and a median of +2.9% across 11 completed Octobers, 7 of them positive.
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed) and are left out of the Avg and Median rows.
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ETH seasonality — average by calendar month
Ethereum has monthly history back to 2015. Its strongest month by median is January — positive in 7 of 11 years, median +30.1%, and higher in 5 of the last 9. November is the soft spot, down in 6 of 11 with a median of -9.6%. Across its full record it has closed 54% of months higher, swings ±42.6% in an average month and has fallen 93.9% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +27.4% | +22.3% | +24.3% | +16.4% | +34.5% | -7.3% | +9.8% | +3.6% | -8.5% | +7.7% | +3.7% | +6.4% |
| Win rate | 64%/11 | 73%/11 | 73%/11 | 64%/11 | 64%/11 | 27%/11 | 45%/11 | 42%/12 | 42%/12 | 64%/11 | 45%/11 | 45%/11 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
ETH risk & extremes
ETH drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was Ethereum's best month?+
Ethereum's strongest completed month on record is May 2017, at +230.31%.
What was Ethereum's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is March 2018, at -53.85%.
Is Ethereum up this year?+
Ethereum is down 21.77% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is Ethereum's 1-year return?+
-44.11% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is Ethereum's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 93.9%, measured on month-end closes since 2015.
Which calendar month is historically best for Ethereum?+
May has the highest average return across every completed May since 2015. An average is not a forecast.
About Ethereum
Ethereum is a layer 1 token, #2 by market value, worth about $282.9 billion. Crypto's world computer: half financial system, half science fair, permanently under construction. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2015) would be about $202,900 today.
Did you know?
- Vitalik Buterin published the whitepaper at 19 after Ethereum's ideas were rejected by the Bitcoin community.
- The 2014 crowdsale priced ETH around $0.31.
- The 2022 “Merge” to proof-of-stake cut its energy use by roughly 99.95%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.