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BITCOIN ON-BALANCE VOLUME

Is more volume happening on rising or falling closes?

Usually daily
Daily snapshot view2026-09-07
Calculation settings
Periods count 1D candles
3,112,477.21 BTCRising

Bitcoin On-Balance Volume

1D candles · Maketo combined market · 872 available candles in this view

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Last closed candle: 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC. The reading uses completed candles.

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The latest 12 observations for the selected measure
UTC candle startOn-balance volume
2026-06-24 00:00:00 UTC2,738,388.16 BTC
2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2,736,596.92 BTC
2026-07-09 00:00:00 UTC2,870,287.25 BTC
2026-07-16 00:00:00 UTC2,802,968.51 BTC
2026-07-23 00:00:00 UTC2,846,741.11 BTC
2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC2,864,155.53 BTC
2026-08-07 00:00:00 UTC2,896,843.23 BTC
2026-08-15 00:00:00 UTC2,822,526.68 BTC
2026-08-22 00:00:00 UTC3,071,703.83 BTC
2026-08-30 00:00:00 UTC3,120,188.99 BTC
2026-09-06 00:00:00 UTC3,132,874.03 BTC
2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC3,112,477.21 BTC
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Maketo. Bitcoin On-Balance Volume (obv; 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/on-balance-volume#interval=1D&range=All&variant=obv&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 3.11248e+06. The previous available reading was 3.13287e+06. This adds traded Bitcoin on rising-close days and subtracts it on falling-close days. The selected period is 20 daily candles.

Daily value: 3,112,477.21 BTC. 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 On-Balance Volume read 3,112,477.21 on completed daily candles, using On-balance volume · period 20. This is the dated default calculation; a different candle interval answers a different question.

  1. What does this reading describe?

    The recent direction of the line shows whether more volume occurred on rising or falling closes. Its absolute starting number has no special meaning.

  2. How is it calculated?

    OBV today = prior OBV + signed base volume, with the sign taken from close versus previous close. The default direction comparison uses 20 candles.

    Shared calculation conventions

  3. What does a worked example look like?

    An up-close candle with 100 BTC adds 100; a down-close candle with 80 BTC subtracts 80. Together they add 20 to the cumulative line.

  4. What does this mean for you?

    A tiny close increase assigns all candle volume to the positive side. OBV does not classify individual trades and changes level when the history start changes.

How does it compare?

OBV assigns the full volume by the sign of the close change. Volume Price Trend also weights it by the percentage size of that change.

Compare Bitcoin Volume Price Trend

Understanding Bitcoin On-Balance Volume

Where it stands today

At the 2026-09-07 UTC close, the reading was 3.11248e+06. The previous available reading was 3.13287e+06. This adds traded Bitcoin on rising-close days and subtracts it on falling-close days. The selected period is 20 daily candles. as of .

OBV adds the entire candle’s volume when the close rises and subtracts it when the close falls. An unchanged close adds nothing.