If I had bought IWM
If I had bought IWM
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into IWM
a week ago+0.0%$100 → $100
a month ago+2.4%$100 → $102
three months ago+2.3%$100 → $102
since our history starts, May 14, 2026+5.1%$100 → $105
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IWM
Over the last 103 days IWM closed between $274.38 (May 19, 2026) and $305.31 (August 14, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $109 today; at the high, $98. The current price $300.08 is above 80 of those 103 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 78% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves IWM by 1.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $10 a day.
Low of the stretch$274.38 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$305.31 · $100 → $98
Share of profitable dates78% · 80/103
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.