If I had bought USDC
If I had bought USDC
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into USDC
a week ago-0.1%$100 → $100
a month ago-0.1%$100 → $100
three months ago-0.1%$100 → $100
six months ago-0.1%$100 → $100
a year ago-0.0%$100 → $100
three years ago-0.1%$100 → $100
since our history starts, May 13, 2023-0.0%$100 → $100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying USDC
Over the last 364 days USDC closed between $0.9982 (October 10, 2025) and $1.0014 (February 5, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $100 today; at the high, $100. The current price $0.9996 is above 32 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 9% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves USDC by 0.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $0 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.9982 · $100 → $100
High of the stretch$1.0014 · $100 → $100
Share of profitable dates9% · 32/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “stablecoin” category.