If I had bought KSM
If I had bought KSM
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into KSM
a week ago-3.9%$100 → $96
a month ago+36.0%$100 → $136
three months ago+51.6%$100 → $152
six months ago+18.0%$100 → $118
a year ago-52.3%$100 → $48
three years ago-70.7%$100 → $29
since our history starts, June 28, 2023-79.7%$100 → $20
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying KSM
Over the last 364 days KSM closed between $2.8660 (August 17, 2026) and $13.56 (November 8, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $175 today; at the high, $37. The current price $5.0020 is above 226 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 62% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves KSM by 6.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $69 a day.
Low of the stretch$2.8660 · $100 → $175
High of the stretch$13.56 · $100 → $37
Share of profitable dates62% · 226/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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