If I had bought LMT
If I had bought LMT
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into LMT
a week ago+0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago-2.8%$100 → $97
three months ago-2.5%$100 → $97
six months ago-19.1%$100 → $81
since our history starts, March 5, 2026-23.5%$100 → $76
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying LMT
Over the last 220 days LMT closed between $492.70 (June 24, 2026) and $687.17 (March 6, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $104 today; at the high, $74. The current price $510.34 is above 23 of those 220 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 10% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves LMT by 1.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $14 a day.
Low of the stretch$492.70 · $100 → $104
High of the stretch$687.17 · $100 → $74
Share of profitable dates10% · 23/220
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “company stock” category.