Bitcoin monthly PNL (Profit & Loss) shows Bitcoin’s gains and losses for a given month. The table illustrates the leading cryptocurrency’s profitable and unprofitable months. The data runs from August 2010 to the present. Unfortunately, earlier BTC price statistics can no longer be found.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026-10.17%-14.94%+1.81%+11.87%
2025+9.29%-17.39%-2.3%+14.08%+10.99%+2.49%+8.13%-6.49%+5.16%-3.69%-17.67%-2.97%
2024+0.65%+43.77%+16.59%-14.98%+11.29%-7.1%+3.07%-8.71%+7.34%+10.88%+37.36%-3.15%
2023+39.92%+0.02%+23.09%+2.63%-6.87%+11.97%-4.07%-11.28%+3.98%+28.52%+8.82%+12.1%
2022-16.68%+12.21%+5.39%-17.3%-15.6%-37.28%+16.8%-13.88%-3.12%+5.56%-16.24%-3.59%
2021+14.51%+36.78%+29.84%-1.98%-35.31%-5.95%+18.19%+13.8%-7.03%+39.93%-7.11%-18.9%
2020+29.95%-8.6%-24.92%+34.26%+9.51%-3.18%+24.03%+2.83%-7.51%+27.7%+42.95%+46.92%
2019-8.58%+11.14%+7.05%+34.36%+52.38%+26.67%-6.59%-4.6%-13.38%+10.17%-17.27%-5.15%
2018-25.41%+0.47%-32.85%+33.43%-18.99%-14.62%+20.96%-9.27%-5.58%-3.83%-36.57%-5.15%
2017-0.04%+23.07%-9.05%+32.71%+52.71%+10.45%+17.92%+65.32%-7.44%+47.81%+53.48%+38.89%
2016-14.83%+20.08%-5.35%+7.27%+18.78%+27.14%-7.67%-7.49%+6.04%+14.71%+5.42%+30.8%
2015-33.05%+18.43%-4.38%-3.46%-3.17%+15.19%+8.2%-18.67%+2.35%+33.49%+19.27%+13.83%
2014+10.03%-31.03%-17.25%-1.6%+39.46%+2.2%-9.69%-17.55%-19.01%-12.95%+12.82%-15.11%
2013+44.05%+61.77%+172.8%+50.01%-8.56%-29.89%+9.6%+30.42%-1.76%+60.79%+449.3%-34.81%
2012+15.95%-11.46%+0.67%+1.03%+5.13%+28.74%+39.43%+8.92%+22%-10.25%+12.35%+7.83%
2011+77.51%+61.89%-8.98%+346.4%+148.1%+85.84%-17.19%-38.45%-37.30%-37.11%+59.17%+59.17%
2010-11.57%+3.17%+211%+8.16%+44.09%
* The growth figure in this table is calculated from the difference between the opening and closing prices of the monthly candle.

The table of Bitcoin’s profitable and unprofitable months does not provide useful information to apply in a trading strategy. However, it can offer a general picture of which months have more often favored cryptocurrency growth and which have historically produced losses for BTC.

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