If I had bought HPQ
If I had bought HPQ
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into HPQ
a week ago-5.9%$100 → $94
a month ago-14.4%$100 → $86
since our history starts, August 17, 2026+3.0%$100 → $103
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying HPQ
Over the last 51 days HPQ closed between $29.39 (August 17, 2026) and $35.37 (September 11, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $103 today; at the high, $86. The current price $30.26 is above 8 of those 51 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 16% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves HPQ by 2.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $27 a day.
Low of the stretch$29.39 · $100 → $103
High of the stretch$35.37 · $100 → $86
Share of profitable dates16% · 8/51
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “company stock” category.