If I had bought GBP
If I had bought GBP
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GBP
a week ago-0.0%$100 → $100
a month ago-2.1%$100 → $98
three months ago-1.1%$100 → $99
six months ago-1.1%$100 → $99
a year ago-0.4%$100 → $100
three years ago+8.7%$100 → $109
since our history starts, June 29, 2023+5.0%$100 → $105
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GBP
Over the last 364 days GBP closed between $1.3021 (November 4, 2025) and $1.4127 (November 1, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $94. The current price $1.3240 is above 60 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 16% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GBP by 0.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $5 a day.
Low of the stretch$1.3021 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$1.4127 · $100 → $94
Share of profitable dates16% · 60/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.