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+22.2%$100 → $122
a month ago+20.9%$100 → $121
three months ago+4.2%$100 → $104
six months ago+23.5%$100 → $123
a year ago-28.2%$100 → $72
three years ago+204.0%$100 → $304
since our history starts, May 13, 2023+195.4%$100 → $295
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 $124,606.1 (October 6, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $135 today; at the high, $63. The current price $79,065.7 is above 194 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 53% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves BTC by 3.2%: a $1,000 position swings about $32 a day.
Low of the stretch$58,603.5 · $100 → $135
High of the stretch$124,606.1 · $100 → $63
Share of profitable dates53% · 194/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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