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-0.6%$100 → $99
a month ago+2.4%$100 → $102
three months ago-2.6%$100 → $97
six months ago+17.1%$100 → $117
since our history starts, January 29, 2026+13.0%$100 → $113
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NASDAQ100
Over the last 208 days NASDAQ100 closed between $22,854 (March 30, 2026) and $30,659 (June 2, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $128 today; at the high, $95. The current price $29,254.5 is above 137 of those 208 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 66% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NASDAQ100 by 1.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $14 a day.
Low of the stretch$22,854 · $100 → $128
High of the stretch$30,659 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates66% · 137/208
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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