If I had bought HFT
If I had bought HFT
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into HFT
a week ago-19.3%$100 → $81
a month ago+12.6%$100 → $113
three months ago-22.5%$100 → $77
six months ago-51.9%$100 → $48
a year ago-86.1%$100 → $14
three years ago-97.7%$100 → $2
since our history starts, June 28, 2023-98.1%$100 → $2
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying HFT
Over the last 364 days HFT closed between $0.005606 (September 15, 2026) and $0.061500 (October 13, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $121 today; at the high, $11. The current price $0.006788 is above 47 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 13% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves HFT by 14.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $143 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.005606 · $100 → $121
High of the stretch$0.061500 · $100 → $11
Share of profitable dates13% · 47/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “decentralised finance” category.