If I had bought DAI
If I had bought DAI
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into DAI
a week ago-0.0%$100 → $100
a month ago-0.0%$100 → $100
three months ago+0.0%$100 → $100
six months ago-0.0%$100 → $100
a year ago-0.0%$100 → $100
since our history starts, August 25, 2024-0.0%$100 → $100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying DAI
Over the last 364 days DAI closed between $0.9947 (June 1, 2026) and $1.0061 (June 26, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $100 today; at the high, $99. The current price $0.9996 is above 104 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 29% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves DAI by 1.2%: a $1,000 position swings about $12 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.9947 · $100 → $100
High of the stretch$1.0061 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates29% · 104/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “stablecoin” category.