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-16.1%$100 → $84
a month ago-24.9%$100 → $75
three months ago-0.4%$100 → $100
six months ago+24.1%$100 → $124
a year ago-64.5%$100 → $35
since our history starts, October 29, 2024-59.7%$100 → $40
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 $1.3407 (October 13, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $149 today; at the high, $28. The current price $0.3713 is above 167 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 46% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SPX by 7.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $76 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.2489 · $100 → $149
High of the stretch$1.3407 · $100 → $28
Share of profitable dates46% · 167/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “meme coin” category.