If I had bought LYG
If I had bought LYG
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into LYG
a week ago-1.6%$100 → $98
a month ago-10.0%$100 → $90
since our history starts, August 19, 2026-8.9%$100 → $91
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying LYG
Over the last 37 days LYG closed between $5.3800 (October 8, 2026) and $6.1000 (September 3, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $89. The current price $5.4100 is above 1 of those 37 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 3% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves LYG by 2.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $25 a day.
Low of the stretch$5.3800 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$6.1000 · $100 → $89
Share of profitable dates3% · 1/37
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “company stock” category.