If I had bought UVXY
If I had bought UVXY
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into UVXY
a week ago-6.3%$100 → $94
a month ago-21.5%$100 → $79
since our history starts, June 25, 2026-28.9%$100 → $71
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying UVXY
Over the last 61 days UVXY closed between $19.27 (August 23, 2026) and $27.23 (June 26, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $100 today; at the high, $71. The current price $19.32 is above 1 of those 61 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 2% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves UVXY by 2.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $29 a day.
Low of the stretch$19.27 · $100 → $100
High of the stretch$27.23 · $100 → $71
Share of profitable dates2% · 1/61
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.