If I had bought IAU
If I had bought IAU
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into IAU
a week ago+1.0%$100 → $101
a month ago-5.9%$100 → $94
since our history starts, August 5, 2026+1.8%$100 → $102
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IAU
Over the last 48 days IAU closed between $79.90 (August 5, 2026) and $87.53 (August 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $93. The current price $81.37 is above 6 of those 48 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 13% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves IAU by 1.8%: a $1,000 position swings about $18 a day.
Low of the stretch$79.90 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$87.53 · $100 → $93
Share of profitable dates13% · 6/48
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.