If I had bought VOL
If I had bought VOL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into VOL
a week ago-3.7%$100 → $96
a month ago-3.4%$100 → $97
three months ago-9.1%$100 → $91
six months ago+27.5%$100 → $127
a year ago-86.1%$100 → $14
since our history starts, April 27, 2025-97.2%$100 → $3
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying VOL
Over the last 364 days VOL closed between $0.004300 (December 22, 2025) and $0.066420 (August 29, 2025). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $205 today; at the high, $13. The current price $0.008820 is above 99 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 27% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves VOL by 2.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $20 a day.
Low of the stretch$0.004300 · $100 → $205
High of the stretch$0.066420 · $100 → $13
Share of profitable dates27% · 99/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “cryptocurrency” category.