BITCOIN DONCHIAN CHANNELS
Has price reached the edge of its recent range?
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Bitcoin Donchian Channels
1D candles · Maketo combined market · 882 available candles in this view
Last closed candle: 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC. The reading uses completed candles.
Read the latest chart values as a table
| UTC candle start | Channel middle |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 00:00:00 UTC | $63,141.23 |
| 2026-07-02 00:00:00 UTC | $62,502 |
| 2026-07-09 00:00:00 UTC | $61,647.57 |
| 2026-07-17 00:00:00 UTC | $61,649.75 |
| 2026-07-24 00:00:00 UTC | $64,097.58 |
| 2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC | $64,344.48 |
| 2026-08-08 00:00:00 UTC | $64,570.38 |
| 2026-08-15 00:00:00 UTC | $63,960.95 |
| 2026-08-22 00:00:00 UTC | $70,861 |
| 2026-08-30 00:00:00 UTC | $71,984.44 |
| 2026-09-06 00:00:00 UTC | $72,487.5 |
| 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | $73,135.35 |
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Maketo. Bitcoin Donchian Channels (donchian; period 20), 1D candles, Maketo combined market. Last closed candle: 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC. Calculation version 1.0.0. https://maketo.com/technical-indicators/donchian-channels#interval=1D&range=All&variant=donchian&settings=%7B%22period%22%3A20%7D
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The daily reading
· Completed daily candles · Default settings
At the 2026-09-07 UTC close, the reading was 73,135.4. The previous available reading was 72,487.5. These lines mark the highest and lowest prices from the preceding completed days. The selected period is 20 daily candles.
Daily value: $73,135.35. Rising.
This dated summary is calculated once after the daily close. Changing the live chart’s interval or settings does not rewrite it.
A dated Bitcoin example
On , Bitcoin Donchian Channels read 73,135.35 on completed daily candles, using Donchian channels · period 20. This is the dated default calculation; a different candle interval answers a different question.
What does this reading describe?
A crossing records a fresh break beyond the prior window. The width shows how large that window’s total high-low range was.
How is it calculated?
The upper line is the maximum high of the previous 20 candles, the lower line their minimum low, and the center their midpoint.
Shared calculation conventionsWhat does a worked example look like?
If the previous 20-candle high is $100,000 and the latest close is $101,000, the close has moved above the prior channel.
What does this mean for you?
A crossing can reverse on the next candle. Including the current candle would shift the boundary and answer a different question, so compare implementations carefully.
How does it compare?
Donchian uses the window’s actual outer extremes. Keltner builds a band around an average, so it need not contain every observed price.
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Where it stands today
At the 2026-09-07 UTC close, the reading was 73,135.4. The previous available reading was 72,487.5. These lines mark the highest and lowest prices from the preceding completed days. The selected period is 20 daily candles. as of .
Donchian Channels mark the highest high and lowest low of a chosen window. This page uses the previous completed window as the reference so a current crossing can actually be observed.