The selective timeframes showcase the volatility. If a security moves 5 points in a week, and a year later it moves 5 points in a day, it becomes more volatile.

The selective timeframes showcase the volatility. If a security moves 5 points in a week, and a year later it moves 5 points in a day, it becomes more volatile. Going up 400% in half a year versus 300% in two years is pretty volatile. That being said, they probably use bad stats to dumb it down for the average reader. What you want to look at is the {rolling stDev, average true range, volume} to get a better feel for it. Also, it's happened in other commodities that you can trade contracts on, but they are so thinly traded that they can make really big moves.