If I had bought GBPCAD
If I had bought GBPCAD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GBPCAD
a week ago-0.0%$100 → $100
a month ago+0.6%$100 → $101
since our history starts, August 19, 2026+0.5%$100 → $101
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GBPCAD
Over the last 44 days GBPCAD closed between $1.8654 (September 8, 2026) and $1.8884 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $100. The current price $1.8875 is above 41 of those 44 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 93% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GBPCAD by 0.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $5 a day.
Low of the stretch$1.8654 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$1.8884 · $100 → $100
Share of profitable dates93% · 41/44
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.