If I had bought QLD
If I had bought QLD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into QLD
a week ago-10.7%$100 → $89
a month ago-23.8%$100 → $76
since our history starts, September 17, 2026-17.0%$100 → $83
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying QLD
Over the last 51 days QLD closed between $71.97 (November 5, 2026) and $100.92 (October 7, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $103 today; at the high, $74. The current price $74.45 is above 1 of those 51 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 2% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves QLD by 4.7%: a $1,000 position swings about $47 a day.
Low of the stretch$71.97 · $100 → $103
High of the stretch$100.92 · $100 → $74
Share of profitable dates2% · 1/51
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.