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-0.8%$100 → $99
a month ago-3.3%$100 → $97
three months ago-5.0%$100 → $95
since our history starts, May 14, 2026-2.1%$100 → $98
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IWM
Over the last 150 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 $102 today; at the high, $92. The current price $279.45 is above 10 of those 150 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 7% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves IWM by 1.2%: a $1,000 position swings about $12 a day.
Low of the stretch$274.38 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$305.31 · $100 → $92
Share of profitable dates7% · 10/150
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.