If I had bought GLD
If I had bought GLD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GLD
a week ago+0.6%$100 → $101
a month ago-6.5%$100 → $94
since our history starts, August 5, 2026+1.3%$100 → $101
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GLD
Over the last 48 days GLD closed between $390.00 (August 6, 2026) and $427.93 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $93. The current price $395.86 is above 5 of those 48 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 10% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GLD by 1.2%: a $1,000 position swings about $12 a day.
Low of the stretch$390.00 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$427.93 · $100 → $93
Share of profitable dates10% · 5/48
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.