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+1.4%$100 → $101
a month ago+7.6%$100 → $108
three months ago+8.7%$100 → $109
six months ago-21.8%$100 → $78
a year ago-90.1%$100 → $10
since our history starts, August 26, 2024-96.6%$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 $0.2440 (October 13, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $128 today; at the high, $9. The current price $0.021200 is above 127 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 35% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves PERP by 7.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $75 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.016600 · $100 → $128
High of the stretch$0.2440 · $100 → $9
Share of profitable dates35% · 127/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “decentralised finance” category.