If I had bought PAXG
If I had bought PAXG
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into PAXG
a week ago+6.8%$100 → $107
a month ago+13.3%$100 → $113
three months ago+2.5%$100 → $102
six months ago-10.4%$100 → $90
a year ago+38.5%$100 → $138
three years ago+143.5%$100 → $243
since our history starts, May 13, 2023+129.3%$100 → $229
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying PAXG
Over the last 364 days PAXG closed between $3,378.9 (August 26, 2025) and $5,538.6 (January 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $137 today; at the high, $84. The current price $4,628.8 is above 266 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 73% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves PAXG by 1.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $16 a day.
Low of the stretch$3,378.9 · $100 → $137
High of the stretch$5,538.6 · $100 → $84
Share of profitable dates73% · 266/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “real-world assets” category.