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-4.1%$100 → $96
a month ago+7.4%$100 → $107
three months ago+30.1%$100 → $130
six months ago+17.3%$100 → $117
a year ago-25.0%$100 → $75
three years ago+210.0%$100 → $310
since our history starts, June 29, 2023+172.5%$100 → $272
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 $82,924.4 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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