If I had bought RUSSELL2000
If I had bought RUSSELL2000
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into RUSSELL2000
a week ago-0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago-3.0%$100 → $97
three months ago-5.0%$100 → $95
six months ago+8.9%$100 → $109
since our history starts, December 9, 2025+11.6%$100 → $112
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying RUSSELL2000
Over the last 272 days RUSSELL2000 closed between $2,402.1 (March 30, 2026) and $3,070.7 (August 16, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $117 today; at the high, $92. The current price $2,820 is above 140 of those 272 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 51% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves RUSSELL2000 by 1.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $10 a day.
Low of the stretch$2,402.1 · $100 → $117
High of the stretch$3,070.7 · $100 → $92
Share of profitable dates51% · 140/272
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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