Copper: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
Tip: Tap a cycle to isolate those years and see their average (dashed). Combine cycles, or pick individual years — they stack together. The current year is always shown in red.
ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: +16.5% · 10th of 26 years
Copper is up 16.5% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 10th of 26 years at this point since 2001. In the median year it was up 8.2% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Copper: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +16.5% |
| 2025 | +41.2% |
| 2024 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | −14.6% |
| 2021 | +26.8% |
| 2020 | +25.8% |
| 2019 | +6.3% |
| 2018 | −19.9% |
| 2017 | +31.3% |
| 2016 | +17.5% |
| 2015 | −25.1% |
| 2014 | −17.5% |
| 2013 | −5.5% |
| 2012 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | −22.7% |
| 2010 | +33.4% |
| 2009 | +138.5% |
| 2008 | −54.0% |
| 2007 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | +32.0% |
| 2005 | +45.4% |
| 2004 | +42.6% |
| 2003 | +49.6% |
| 2002 | +6.7% |
| 2001 | −22.9% |
| 2000 (since Aug 30) | −4.3% |