Bitcoin rainbow chart
On November 8, 2026 bitcoin closed at 75,747 USD, in band 4 of 9 on this rainbow chart (slightly below the trend), which ran from 55,986 USD to 104,304 USD that day. The rainbow chart is an internet meme that colors bands around bitcoin's long-term trend; this version draws them around a power-law line fitted to every daily close since 2010. It shows where the price sits against its own past, not where it is going.
- Trend price
The colors run from blue below the line to red above it, a diverging scale with the trend in the middle band.
The nine bands today
Each band's prices run 1.9× higher than the band below. The ranges are for November 8, 2026; they rise every day with the trend.
| Band | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 9far above the trend | 1,256,574 USD | 2,341,049 USD |
| 8well above the trend | 674,475 USD | 1,256,574 USD |
| 7above the trend | 362,029 USD | 674,475 USD |
| 6slightly above the trend | 194,322 USD | 362,029 USD |
| 5around the trend | 104,304 USD | 194,322 USD |
| 4slightly below the trendToday | 55,986 USD | 104,304 USD |
| 3below the trend | 30,051 USD | 55,986 USD |
| 2well below the trend | 16,130 USD | 30,051 USD |
| 1far below the trend | 8,658 USD | 16,130 USD |
The band at each year's last close
Where bitcoin's price closed each year, by band. The current year uses its latest close.
| Year | Close | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2011 | 4.47 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2012 | 13.57 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2013 | 736.5 USD | 8well above the trend |
| 2014 | 311 USD | 5around the trend |
| 2015 | 428.23 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2016 | 958.12 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2017 | 12,613 USD | 7above the trend |
| 2018 | 3,865 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2019 | 7,220 USD | 5around the trend |
| 2020 | 28,857 USD | 6slightly above the trend |
| 2021 | 47,133 USD | 6slightly above the trend |
| 2022 | 16,600 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
| 2023 | 42,148 USD | 5around the trend |
| 2024 | 92,653 USD | 5around the trend |
| 2025 | 88,424 USD | 5around the trend |
| 2026 | 75,747 USD | 4slightly below the trend |
How it works
The trend is the same power law the power-law page fits: log10 of the price against log10 of the days since 3 January 2009, by least squares over every daily close since 18 August 2010. The nine bands are equal steps in log space centred on that line, as wide as it takes for the highest and lowest closes in the history to land in the outer bands. Band 5 is the line itself, give or take half a band.
Where the rainbow chart comes from
The rainbow chart began as a tongue-in-cheek chart shared online, with band labels telling readers when to buy and when to sell. Those labels are not advice, and the plain labels here are not either: the colors measure distance from a line fitted to the past, and that line may stop describing bitcoin at any time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the bitcoin rainbow chart?
A chart of bitcoin's price on a log scale with colored bands drawn around a long-term trend line. The lower bands mark prices far below the trend, the upper bands prices far above it.
Which rainbow band is bitcoin in today?
On November 8, 2026 bitcoin closed in band 4 of 9: slightly below the trend. The page updates whenever the price history does.
Is the rainbow chart accurate?
It is accurate about the past by construction, since the bands are drawn to contain every close so far. It says nothing reliable about the future, and its creators have always presented it as a joke as much as a tool.
How does it relate to the power law?
On this site both use the same fitted line. The power-law page shows the line with one corridor and lets you read it on any date; the rainbow chart splits the space around it into nine bands.
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