If I had bought BRL
If I had bought BRL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into BRL
a week ago+5.0%$100 → $105
a month ago+2.4%$100 → $102
three months ago+3.1%$100 → $103
six months ago+0.4%$100 → $100
a year ago+12.0%$100 → $112
since our history starts, April 7, 2025+18.8%$100 → $119
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying BRL
Over the last 364 days BRL closed between $0.1771 (October 11, 2025) and $0.2040 (May 11, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $113 today; at the high, $98. The current price $0.1999 is above 338 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 93% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves BRL by 1.1%: a $1,000 position swings about $11 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.1771 · $100 → $113
High of the stretch$0.2040 · $100 → $98
Share of profitable dates93% · 338/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.