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$10,000 in Amazon, May 1997

$26.05M+260,426%

$0.0979 -> $255.10

“Generational. Your grandkids will hear about this at dinner.”

Your mate would have told you to sell at $11,755.

BRun yours → bitbank.nz/tools/time-machine1997-05-15 to 2026-09-11
Sold the top$29.01M2026-08-03 at $284.02
Missed vs top$2.95M-10.18% from the top
Bought the top instead$8,982-10.18% · worst possible entry
Worst moment$7,1281997-05-22 (-28.72%)
Max drawdown from top-11.31%to $25.72M on 2026-09-10
Held102,127 AMZN2,605x · +30.76%/yr over 29.3 years

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