If I had bought AMZN
If I had bought AMZN
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into AMZN
a week ago+4.0%$100 → $104
a month ago+2.3%$100 → $102
three months ago+7.4%$100 → $107
six months ago+10.4%$100 → $110
since our history starts, October 14, 2025+22.0%$100 → $122
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying AMZN
Over the last 362 days AMZN closed between $198.32 (February 11, 2026) and $279.57 (August 3, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $132 today; at the high, $94. The current price $262.63 is above 306 of those 362 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 85% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves AMZN by 1.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $17 a day.
Low of the stretch$198.32 · $100 → $132
High of the stretch$279.57 · $100 → $94
Share of profitable dates85% · 306/362
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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