If I had bought UK100
If I had bought UK100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into UK100
a week ago+0.8%$100 → $101
a month ago-0.9%$100 → $99
since our history starts, July 21, 2026+0.3%$100 → $100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying UK100
Over the last 71 days UK100 closed between $10,419.1 (October 1, 2026) and $10,920.6 (August 4, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $97. The current price $10,571 is above 7 of those 71 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 10% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves UK100 by 0.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $9 a day.
Low of the stretch$10,419.1 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$10,920.6 · $100 → $97
Share of profitable dates10% · 7/71
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “market index” category.