If I had bought MERL
If I had bought MERL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into MERL
a week ago-1.9%$100 → $98
a month ago+46.9%$100 → $147
three months ago+79.0%$100 → $179
six months ago+24.8%$100 → $125
a year ago-91.3%$100 → $9
since our history starts, April 19, 2024-97.2%$100 → $3
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying MERL
Over the last 364 days MERL closed between $0.016760 (July 13, 2026) and $0.4760 (November 26, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $187 today; at the high, $7. The current price $0.031360 is above 171 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 47% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves MERL by 10.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $100 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.016760 · $100 → $187
High of the stretch$0.4760 · $100 → $7
Share of profitable dates47% · 171/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “layer-2 network” category.