If I had bought GSG
If I had bought GSG
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into GSG
a week ago+1.0%$100 → $101
a month ago-1.0%$100 → $99
since our history starts, August 19, 2026+8.4%$100 → $108
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying GSG
Over the last 37 days GSG closed between $32.81 (August 25, 2026) and $37.16 (September 15, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $110 today; at the high, $97. The current price $36.09 is above 27 of those 37 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 73% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves GSG by 2.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $23 a day.
Low of the stretch$32.81 · $100 → $110
High of the stretch$37.16 · $100 → $97
Share of profitable dates73% · 27/37
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.