If I had bought IVV
If I had bought IVV
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into IVV
a week ago+2.4%$100 → $102
a month ago+0.1%$100 → $100
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-0.2%$100 → $100
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IVV
Over the last 49 days IVV closed between $757.80 (September 16, 2026) and $781.60 (August 15, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $99. The current price $776.20 is above 36 of those 49 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 IVV by 0.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $7 a day.
Low of the stretch$757.80 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$781.60 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates73% · 36/49
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.