If I had bought GOOGL
If I had bought GOOGL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GOOGL
a week ago+2.0%$100 → $102
a month ago+3.9%$100 → $104
three months ago-1.3%$100 → $99
six months ago+10.2%$100 → $110
since our history starts, October 13, 2025+42.5%$100 → $142
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GOOGL
Over the last 363 days GOOGL closed between $246.76 (October 13, 2025) and $404.00 (May 13, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $142 today; at the high, $87. The current price $351.60 is above 273 of those 363 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 75% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GOOGL by 1.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $19 a day.
Low of the stretch$246.76 · $100 → $142
High of the stretch$404.00 · $100 → $87
Share of profitable dates75% · 273/363
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