How has Bitcoin performed each calendar year?

Each line starts at 0% on January 1 and tracks Bitcoin's return through December 31 of that year, so years of very different price magnitudes overlay cleanly. The current year is plotted only up to the latest available price — no projected or synthetic data.

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Methodology & limitations

Each year is rebased to 0% at its first available price, not a fixed calendar price target.
Starts at 2015 — 2014's BTC price history only goes back to late September, too little of the year to compare.
Prices are weekly closes from the same BTC history that powers the risk model and DCA calculator.
Past years are not a guarantee of how the current or future years will perform.

Not financial advice. See the disclosure. Compare full 4-year cycles →