If I had bought LQD
If I had bought LQD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into LQD
a week ago+0.5%$100 → $101
a month ago-0.6%$100 → $99
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-0.8%$100 → $99
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying LQD
Over the last 49 days LQD closed between $104.46 (September 15, 2026) and $106.89 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $99. The current price $105.55 is above 14 of those 49 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 29% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves LQD by 0.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $7 a day.
Low of the stretch$104.46 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$106.89 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates29% · 14/49
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.