If I had bought EWJ
If I had bought EWJ
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into EWJ
a week ago-0.6%$100 → $99
a month ago-0.1%$100 → $100
three months ago+4.0%$100 → $104
six months ago+12.4%$100 → $112
since our history starts, March 19, 2026+16.0%$100 → $116
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying EWJ
Over the last 206 days EWJ closed between $81.05 (March 29, 2026) and $99.58 (October 6, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $121 today; at the high, $99. The current price $98.10 is above 185 of those 206 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 90% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves EWJ by 1.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $13 a day.
Low of the stretch$81.05 · $100 → $121
High of the stretch$99.58 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates90% · 185/206
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.