Historical scenario / SPY / 2021
If you had bought SPY in 2021 with $10,000...
Estimated value
$22,616
Buy Price
Jan 1, 2021
$344
Sell Price
Oct 9, 2026
$779
Multiplier
2.3×
ROI
+126%
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$779
Current market price
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Calculation record
How this result was calculated
The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2021 entry price, then multiplied by the latest available price. Taxes, trading fees, spreads, dividends and inflation are not included.
- Year open
- $344.257
- Year low / high
- $344.257 / $451.658
- Latest price
- $778.57
- Price as of
- 2026-10-09
Source: GhostGains market-data API using publicly available market observations. Prices can be delayed and should be independently verified.
Same period benchmark
Compared with the S&P 500
Both returns use the first available price in 2021 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.
SPY
2.26×
126.2%
S&P 500
2.11×
111.1% · as of 2026-10-09
Scenario context
In 2021, S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded between $344.257 and $451.658, a range equal to 31.2% of its opening price. An investment made at the year's low produces the headline result above; using the year's opening price produces a 2.26× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 2.11×.