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+1.0%$100 → $101
a month ago-2.0%$100 → $98
three months ago-1.6%$100 → $98
six months ago+8.9%$100 → $109
since our history starts, January 29, 2026+5.6%$100 → $106
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying DOWJONES
Over the last 255 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 $115 today; at the high, $95. The current price $51,701.6 is above 159 of those 255 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 62% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves DOWJONES by 0.8%: a $1,000 position swings about $8 a day.
Low of the stretch$44,863.2 · $100 → $115
High of the stretch$54,484.6 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates62% · 159/255
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “market index” category.