If I had bought NICKEL
If I had bought NICKEL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into NICKEL
a week ago+1.1%$100 → $101
a month ago-5.0%$100 → $95
three months ago-6.0%$100 → $94
six months ago-9.4%$100 → $91
since our history starts, March 30, 2026-9.5%$100 → $91
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NICKEL
Over the last 195 days NICKEL closed between $15,409.7 (October 2, 2026) and $19,619.8 (May 5, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $80. The current price $15,646.3 is above 8 of those 195 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 4% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NICKEL by 1.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $16 a day.
Low of the stretch$15,409.7 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$19,619.8 · $100 → $80
Share of profitable dates4% · 8/195
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.