If I had bought SILJ
If I had bought SILJ
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into SILJ
a week ago+0.7%$100 → $101
a month ago-10.1%$100 → $90
since our history starts, August 19, 2026-12.7%$100 → $87
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying SILJ
Over the last 37 days SILJ closed between $26.28 (October 7, 2026) and $33.15 (August 27, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $104 today; at the high, $83. The current price $27.41 is above 7 of those 37 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 19% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SILJ by 3.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $36 a day.
Low of the stretch$26.28 · $100 → $104
High of the stretch$33.15 · $100 → $83
Share of profitable dates19% · 7/37
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.