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Because you’re subtracting out the starting value.
Consider the case where the price hasn’t changed at all:
(Final / initial - 1) * 100
= (X / X - 1) * 100
= (1 - 1) * 100
= (0) * 100
= 0%
This is what we expect. If it’s the same price, then there’s a 0% change.
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2024-09-19 14:48:12Event JSON
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