If I had bought EEM
If I had bought EEM
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into EEM
a week ago-2.7%$100 → $97
a month ago-11.5%$100 → $89
three months ago-9.0%$100 → $91
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-9.3%$100 → $91
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying EEM
Over the last 93 days EEM closed between $58.78 (November 5, 2026) and $69.25 (September 22, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $86. The current price $59.67 is above 1 of those 93 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 1% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves EEM by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$58.78 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$69.25 · $100 → $86
Share of profitable dates1% · 1/93
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.