BTCUSD 45-Minute Range by Time of Day
How much does the Bitcoin actually move on the 45-minute chart at different times of day? The table below is measured from 1,550 recorded 45-minute bars across 10 recent sessions: for each hour of the day, the average distance between a bar's high and its low.
| Hour | Avg 45-minute range | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM ET | 31.18 pts | |
| 10:00 AM ET | 51.49 pts | |
| 11:00 AM ET | 52.03 pts | |
| 12:00 PM ET | 34.38 pts | |
| 1:00 PM ET | 48.65 pts | |
| 2:00 PM ET | 68.99 pts | |
| 3:00 PM ET | 51.20 pts | |
| 4:00 PM ET | 46.64 pts | |
| 5:00 PM ET | 113.31 pts | |
| 6:00 PM ET | 80.24 pts | |
| 7:00 PM ET | 59.92 pts | |
| 8:00 PM ET | 80.21 pts | |
| 9:00 PM ET | 63.48 pts |
How to read this
The most active hours in this window were 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM ET, and the quietest were 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM ET. A wider bar means each interval covers more ground. The takeaway is purely observational: a fixed number of points represents a very different share of typical movement at different hours — in this window, the most active hour covered roughly 4× the ground of the quietest.
These figures shift with volatility regimes — they describe the recorded window above, not a guarantee of the next session.
