If I had bought GBPCHF
If I had bought GBPCHF
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GBPCHF
a week ago+0.2%$100 → $100
a month ago-0.5%$100 → $99
three months ago+1.4%$100 → $101
six months ago+3.5%$100 → $104
since our history starts, October 27, 2025+3.6%$100 → $104
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GBPCHF
Over the last 298 days GBPCHF closed between $1.0318 (March 1, 2026) and $1.1085 (September 30, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $106 today; at the high, $99. The current price $1.0988 is above 280 of those 298 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 94% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GBPCHF by 0.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $5 a day.
Low of the stretch$1.0318 · $100 → $106
High of the stretch$1.1085 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates94% · 280/298
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.