If I had bought SPX
If I had bought SPX
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into SPX
a week ago+53.1%$100 → $153
a month ago+40.4%$100 → $140
three months ago+39.6%$100 → $140
six months ago+70.8%$100 → $171
a year ago-58.6%$100 → $41
since our history starts, October 29, 2024-46.9%$100 → $53
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying SPX
Over the last 364 days SPX closed between $0.2489 (February 5, 2026) and $1.5854 (October 6, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $196 today; at the high, $31. The current price $0.4887 is above 230 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 63% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SPX by 6.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $69 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.2489 · $100 → $196
High of the stretch$1.5854 · $100 → $31
Share of profitable dates63% · 230/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “meme coin” category.