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+0.2%$100 → $100
a month ago+2.7%$100 → $103
three months ago-0.0%$100 → $100
six months ago-2.9%$100 → $97
a year ago-7.2%$100 → $93
three years ago-8.1%$100 → $92
since our history starts, May 14, 2023-14.7%$100 → $85
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 $103 today; at the high, $84. The current price $0.006278 is above 102 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 28% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves JPY by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.006076 · $100 → $103
High of the stretch$0.007475 · $100 → $84
Share of profitable dates28% · 102/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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