If I had bought NIFTY5
If I had bought NIFTY5
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into NIFTY5
a week ago+0.4%$100 → $100
a month ago-3.8%$100 → $96
since our history starts, August 17, 2026-7.3%$100 → $93
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NIFTY5
Over the last 36 days NIFTY5 closed between $22,241.3 (October 8, 2026) and $24,328.9 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $93. The current price $22,516.8 is above 3 of those 36 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 8% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NIFTY5 by 1.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $13 a day.
Low of the stretch$22,241.3 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$24,328.9 · $100 → $93
Share of profitable dates8% · 3/36
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “market index” category.