Polkadot: a 3.5σ rise on 20 August 2026
Recorded 7 October 2026On 20 August 2026 Polkadot rose 7.65% close to close, 3.5 times its typical daily move of 2.19% over the 20 sessions before it: its largest move since 27 July 2026. 21 other instruments of the 200 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- +7.65%
- Size
- +3.5σ
- Typical day before it
- 2.19%
- Close
- 0.849381
- Previous close, 19 August 2026
- 0.789031
- Since, to 23 October 2026
- +30.59%
Polkadot, the 30 sessions to 20 August 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | DOT |
|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | 0.846 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 0.834 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 0.815 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 0.808 |
| 25 Jul 2026 | 0.814 |
| 26 Jul 2026 | 0.826 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 0.757 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 0.761 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 0.763 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 0.768 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 0.758 |
| 1 Aug 2026 | 0.781 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | 0.798 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 0.823 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 0.856 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | 0.842 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 0.820 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 0.818 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | 0.814 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 0.798 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0.805 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 0.790 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | 0.773 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 0.772 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 0.764 |
| 15 Aug 2026 | 0.759 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | 0.758 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0.761 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 0.751 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | 0.789 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 0.849 |
The same day
Other quakes on 20 August 2026
Polkadot's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 9 October 2026: +13.52%, +3.2σ
- 8 September 2026: +17.47%, +4.0σ
- 21 August 2026: +10.52%, +3.8σ
- 27 July 2026: −8.31%, −3.6σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of Polkadot's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on Polkadot's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.