If I had bought DOWJONES
If I had bought DOWJONES
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into DOWJONES
a week ago+0.5%$100 → $101
a month ago+2.6%$100 → $103
three months ago+6.1%$100 → $106
six months ago+9.1%$100 → $109
since our history starts, January 29, 2026+9.5%$100 → $109
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying DOWJONES
Over the last 208 days DOWJONES closed between $44,863.2 (March 29, 2026) and $54,484.6 (August 5, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $120 today; at the high, $98. The current price $53,632.8 is above 195 of those 208 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 94% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves DOWJONES by 0.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $7 a day.
Low of the stretch$44,863.2 · $100 → $120
High of the stretch$54,484.6 · $100 → $98
Share of profitable dates94% · 195/208
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “market index” category.