If I had bought BTC
If I had bought BTC
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into BTC
a week ago-2.1%$100 → $98
a month ago+8.4%$100 → $108
three months ago+30.0%$100 → $130
six months ago+13.6%$100 → $114
a year ago-26.4%$100 → $74
three years ago+208.7%$100 → $309
since our history starts, June 28, 2023+175.9%$100 → $276
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying BTC
Over the last 364 days BTC closed between $58,603.5 (June 30, 2026) and $115,116.7 (October 13, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $142 today; at the high, $72. The current price $82,941.1 is above 235 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 65% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves BTC by 2.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $24 a day.
Low of the stretch$58,603.5 · $100 → $142
High of the stretch$115,116.7 · $100 → $72
Share of profitable dates65% · 235/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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