If I had bought SMH
If I had bought SMH
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into SMH
a week ago-4.8%$100 → $95
a month ago+6.3%$100 → $106
since our history starts, July 15, 2026+3.0%$100 → $103
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying SMH
Over the last 88 days SMH closed between $508.41 (July 29, 2026) and $635.84 (October 4, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $119 today; at the high, $95. The current price $605.32 is above 74 of those 88 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 84% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SMH by 2.0%: a $1,000 position swings about $20 a day.
Low of the stretch$508.41 · $100 → $119
High of the stretch$635.84 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates84% · 74/88
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.