Metric guide

Return (10y)

Total return over the last ~10 years

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Plain-language summary

What this metric tells you

Return (10y) shows how much an asset gained or lost over the last 10 years. It is one of the fastest ways to separate recent winners from laggards on one common time window.

Key takeaway

A strong return tells you the outcome over the window. It does not tell you whether the path was smooth, durable, or easy to hold through.

FoxScore context

How FoxScore uses it

FoxScore uses 10-year return as a true endurance lens where history allows it.
It is less about current heat and more about surviving and compounding through multiple regimes.
Because coverage naturally shrinks here, the ranking is informative but should never be read as a full-universe leaderboard.

What it measures

The net price change over the last 10 years.
Which assets actually ended the period materially higher or lower.
A simple outcome measure that is easy to compare across many assets.

How to read it

High positive values mean strong appreciation over the window.
Values near zero mean the asset made little net progress over the period.
Negative values mean the asset still sits below its level from that lookback start.

What can mislead

How violent the path was between the start and end date.
A strong number was driven by a very recent surge rather than a broad, persistent move.
The path involved deep drawdowns that this metric hides completely.

Most useful when

You want a fast first filter for recent or long-window winners.
You compare many assets on one consistent holding period.
You want the cleanest possible outcome metric before digging into risk or trend quality.

Important limits

How violent the path was between the start and end date.
Whether the move is still intact today or already rolling over.
Whether the gain came from a broad trend or a short late spike.

Methodology and sources

Technical definition, calculation notes and sources stay available here without dominating the explanation.

Description

The 10-year return shows an asset’s long-term price development.

Important: a 10-year window is not available for every asset (e.g., newer listings). If data is missing, the asset won’t appear in this ranking.

Calculation

We use daily UTC closing prices and crypto calendar-day windows.
We compare today’s price with the price about 10 years ago (≈ 10*365 calendar days).
Formula: ret_10y = (price_today / price_10y_ago) − 1