If I had bought NASDAQ100
If I had bought NASDAQ100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into NASDAQ100
a week ago+0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago+6.3%$100 → $106
three months ago+3.7%$100 → $104
six months ago+22.3%$100 → $122
since our history starts, January 29, 2026+19.4%$100 → $119
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NASDAQ100
Over the last 254 days NASDAQ100 closed between $22,854 (March 30, 2026) and $31,226.2 (October 6, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $135 today; at the high, $99. The current price $30,921.5 is above 251 of those 254 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 99% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NASDAQ100 by 1.2%: a $1,000 position swings about $12 a day.
Low of the stretch$22,854 · $100 → $135
High of the stretch$31,226.2 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates99% · 251/254
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “market index” category.