If I had bought DYDX
If I had bought DYDX
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into DYDX
a week ago+14.4%$100 → $114
a month ago-8.0%$100 → $92
three months ago-29.9%$100 → $70
six months ago+27.0%$100 → $127
a year ago-80.6%$100 → $19
three years ago-94.4%$100 → $6
since our history starts, May 13, 2023-94.5%$100 → $6
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying DYDX
Over the last 364 days DYDX closed between $0.079770 (March 8, 2026) and $0.6985 (September 20, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $146 today; at the high, $17. The current price $0.1168 is above 96 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 26% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves DYDX by 6.8%: a $1,000 position swings about $68 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.079770 · $100 → $146
High of the stretch$0.6985 · $100 → $17
Share of profitable dates26% · 96/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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