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How Much Bitcoin and Ether Move
30-day realized volatility, annualized, %
0 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Computed by Palanor from daily closes. Crypto uses 30 calendar days annualized by √365; the S&P 500 uses 21 trading days annualized by √252.
Realized volatility for Bitcoin and Ether beside the S&P 500, a measure of how much each has actually moved over the last month.
What this chart reads
- Bitcoin Realized Volatility (30-day)as “Bitcoin”latest 2026-10-21
- Ether Realized Volatility (30-day)as “Ether”latest 2026-10-21
- S&P 500 Realized Volatility (21-day)as “S&P 500 (21-day)”latest 2026-10-22
Sources
Bitcoin Realized Volatility (30-day). Source: Computed by Palanor from Bitcoin daily closes (00:00 UTC) supplied under licence by a market data provider. Only the derived volatility is published, never the underlying prices.
Ether Realized Volatility (30-day). Source: Computed by Palanor from Ether daily closes (00:00 UTC) supplied under licence by a market data provider. Only the derived volatility is published, never the underlying prices.
S&P 500 Realized Volatility (21-day). Source: Computed by Palanor from SPY daily closes supplied under licence by a market data provider. Only the derived volatility is published, never the underlying prices. It replaces the VIX on Markets surfaces.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.