If I had bought NUGT
If I had bought NUGT
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into NUGT
a week ago+3.4%$100 → $103
a month ago-16.9%$100 → $83
since our history starts, August 19, 2026-18.3%$100 → $82
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NUGT
Over the last 37 days NUGT closed between $139.47 (October 7, 2026) and $218.89 (August 25, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $109 today; at the high, $69. The current price $151.90 is above 9 of those 37 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 24% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NUGT by 6.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $63 a day.
Low of the stretch$139.47 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$218.89 · $100 → $69
Share of profitable dates24% · 9/37
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.