If I had bought HYG
If I had bought HYG
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into HYG
a week ago+0.4%$100 → $100
a month ago-1.8%$100 → $98
since our history starts, August 17, 2026-2.9%$100 → $97
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying HYG
Over the last 39 days HYG closed between $76.92 (October 1, 2026) and $79.94 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $100 today; at the high, $97. The current price $77.25 is above 6 of those 39 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 HYG by 0.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $5 a day.
Low of the stretch$76.92 · $100 → $100
High of the stretch$79.94 · $100 → $97
Share of profitable dates15% · 6/39
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.