If I had bought EFA
If I had bought EFA
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into EFA
a week ago-0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago-3.1%$100 → $97
since our history starts, August 17, 2026-4.7%$100 → $95
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying EFA
Over the last 39 days EFA closed between $102.73 (October 8, 2026) and $108.78 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $95. The current price $103.42 is above 3 of those 39 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 8% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves EFA by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$102.73 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$108.78 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates8% · 3/39
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.