If I had bought SCHD
If I had bought SCHD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into SCHD
a week ago+0.9%$100 → $101
a month ago-3.3%$100 → $97
since our history starts, August 17, 2026-3.7%$100 → $96
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying SCHD
Over the last 38 days SCHD closed between $32.54 (September 30, 2026) and $35.22 (August 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $94. The current price $33.03 is above 7 of those 38 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 18% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SCHD by 0.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $9 a day.
Low of the stretch$32.54 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$35.22 · $100 → $94
Share of profitable dates18% · 7/38
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.