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+4.9%$100 → $105
a month ago-0.8%$100 → $99
three months ago-6.1%$100 → $94
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-4.4%$100 → $96
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GLD
Over the last 93 days GLD closed between $354.79 (October 31, 2026) and $427.93 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $105 today; at the high, $87. The current price $373.53 is above 14 of those 93 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 15% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GLD by 1.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $17 a day.
Low of the stretch$354.79 · $100 → $105
High of the stretch$427.93 · $100 → $87
Share of profitable dates15% · 14/93
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.