If I had bought AAPL
If I had bought AAPL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into AAPL
a week ago+0.9%$100 → $101
a month ago+1.2%$100 → $101
three months ago+7.3%$100 → $107
six months ago+30.6%$100 → $131
a year ago+36.5%$100 → $137
since our history starts, July 3, 2025+57.0%$100 → $157
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying AAPL
Over the last 364 days AAPL closed between $247.45 (October 13, 2025) and $341.48 (July 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $136 today; at the high, $99. The current price $336.44 is above 350 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 96% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves AAPL by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$247.45 · $100 → $136
High of the stretch$341.48 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates96% · 350/364
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