If I had bought DXY
If I had bought DXY
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into DXY
a week ago-0.9%$100 → $99
a month ago-2.7%$100 → $97
three months ago-0.4%$100 → $100
six months ago+0.9%$100 → $101
a year ago+0.3%$100 → $100
three years ago-5.1%$100 → $95
since our history starts, May 15, 2023-3.6%$100 → $96
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying DXY
Over the last 253 days DXY closed between $96.22 (January 27, 2026) and $101.61 (June 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $103 today; at the high, $97. The current price $98.74 is above 103 of those 253 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 41% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves DXY by 0.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $3 a day.
Low of the stretch$96.22 · $100 → $103
High of the stretch$101.61 · $100 → $97
Share of profitable dates41% · 103/253
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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