If I had bought SOXX
If I had bought SOXX
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into SOXX
a week ago-4.9%$100 → $95
a month ago+6.6%$100 → $107
since our history starts, July 21, 2026+1.4%$100 → $101
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying SOXX
Over the last 82 days SOXX closed between $467.94 (July 29, 2026) and $591.33 (October 4, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $120 today; at the high, $95. The current price $562.32 is above 66 of those 82 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 80% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves SOXX by 2.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $23 a day.
Low of the stretch$467.94 · $100 → $120
High of the stretch$591.33 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates80% · 66/82
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.