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+1.5%$100 → $101
a month ago-1.1%$100 → $99
three months ago-2.3%$100 → $98
six months ago-0.0%$100 → $100
a year ago+5.3%$100 → $105
since our history starts, April 7, 2025+15.2%$100 → $115
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 $109 today; at the high, $95. The current price $0.1937 is above 256 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 70% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves BRL by 0.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $7 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.1771 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$0.2040 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates70% · 256/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.