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+0.3%$100 → $100
a month ago+3.4%$100 → $103
three months ago+2.5%$100 → $102
since our history starts, May 7, 2026+5.2%$100 → $105
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying EWJ
Over the last 110 days EWJ closed between $88.19 (June 6, 2026) and $98.75 (August 13, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $108 today; at the high, $97. The current price $95.67 is above 97 of those 110 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 88% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves EWJ by 1.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $14 a day.
Low of the stretch$88.19 · $100 → $108
High of the stretch$98.75 · $100 → $97
Share of profitable dates88% · 97/110
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.