If I had bought PERP
If I had bought PERP
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into PERP
a week ago+16.3%$100 → $116
a month ago-9.4%$100 → $91
three months ago-15.4%$100 → $85
six months ago-2.0%$100 → $98
a year ago-92.6%$100 → $7
since our history starts, August 26, 2024-96.9%$100 → $3
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying PERP
Over the last 364 days PERP closed between $0.016600 (August 18, 2026) and $0.3371 (September 21, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $116 today; at the high, $6. The current price $0.019300 is above 47 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 13% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves PERP by 7.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $70 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.016600 · $100 → $116
High of the stretch$0.3371 · $100 → $6
Share of profitable dates13% · 47/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “decentralised finance” category.