If I had bought JPY
If I had bought JPY
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into JPY
a week ago-0.4%$100 → $100
a month ago-2.4%$100 → $98
three months ago+2.2%$100 → $102
six months ago+1.2%$100 → $101
a year ago-4.5%$100 → $96
three years ago-5.8%$100 → $94
since our history starts, June 28, 2023-8.7%$100 → $91
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying JPY
Over the last 364 days JPY closed between $0.006076 (July 24, 2026) and $0.007475 (November 1, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $104 today; at the high, $85. The current price $0.006321 is above 165 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 45% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves JPY by 0.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $5 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.006076 · $100 → $104
High of the stretch$0.007475 · $100 → $85
Share of profitable dates45% · 165/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “currency” category.