Zcash closed yesterday at $1,221, -28.1% from its all-time high of $1,698 (2026-09-26). Over the last year it moved 1.54x as much as Bitcoin on a typical day (correlation 0.49). Everything below comes from 7.6 years of daily closes since 2019-03-21.
7 days
+2.9%
30 days
+10.0%
90 days
+123.1%
1 year
+431.0%
Year to date
+138.4%
Volatility (30d, annualised)
123%
1-year: 139%
Worst drawdown, last year
-72%
All-time: -94%
Trend
Above 200-day
+83.8% from it · below 50-day
Market cap
$19.5B
24h volume $295.4M (Binance)
Daily close, last 400 days
$1,749$-47.66
2025-09-152026-01-252026-06-062026-10-16
Patterns confirmed in the last few days
In Neck(bearish, 4-hour chart, 10/16/2026)
On ZEC: Fell within 24 hours 45% of the time (148 cases), vs 49% on an ordinary bar. No edge
Diamond Top(bearish, 4-hour chart, 10/16/2026)
All coins: Fell within 24 hours 50% of the time (38 cases), vs 51% on an ordinary bar. No edge
Historical frequencies, not predictions. Live detection on every timeframe is in the pattern scanner.
Which patterns worked on Zcash?
We tested 247 pattern, timeframe and horizon combinations with at least 30 past cases on ZEC. 234 were indistinguishable from an ordinary day, 5 did better than usual, 5 tended to go the other way. Each is compared with how often ZEC rose (or fell) over the same window from any random bar.
Fell within 4 hours 43% of the time (369 cases), vs 49% on an ordinary bar.
Three Outside Down · bearish · daily chart · 24 hoursLeans opposite
Fell within 24 hours 37% of the time (76 cases), vs 49% on an ordinary day.
Zcash by month
Median monthly return and how many years each month closed higher. With only 7 years per month, these are descriptions of the past, not reliable tendencies.
Jan
-22%
43% up
Feb
-4%
43% up
Mar
+4%
71% up
Apr
-3%
38% up
May
+17%
62% up
Jun
-19%
25% up
Jul
+5%
62% up
Aug
-3%
38% up
Sep
-6%
38% up
Oct
+1%
57% up
Nov
+4%
71% up
Dec
-10%
14% up
What followed Zcash's biggest days
After a 10%+ daily drop87 times, last 2026-10-08
7 days later: ZEC was higher 46% of the time (n=65), vs 50% after any day. Median -1.6% (any day +0.1%); middle 80% -18% to +19%. No different from any day.
30 days later: ZEC was higher 45% of the time (n=40), vs 51% after any day. Median -4.4% (any day +0.5%); middle 80% -27% to +73%. No different from any day.
After a 10%+ daily rise124 times, last 2026-09-22
7 days later: ZEC was higher 59% of the time (n=83), vs 50% after any day. Median +2.7% (any day +0.1%); middle 80% -17% to +29%. No different from any day.
30 days later: ZEC was higher 41% of the time (n=44), vs 51% after any day. Median -4.0% (any day +0.5%); middle 80% -29% to +64%. No different from any day.
Statistics as of 2026-10-15. Name and market-cap rank: CoinGecko. Prices: Binance. Historical statistics describe the past and are not investment advice.