If I had bought TZA
If I had bought TZA
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into TZA
a week ago+0.3%$100 → $100
a month ago-7.0%$100 → $93
since our history starts, July 16, 2026-4.2%$100 → $96
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying TZA
Over the last 40 days TZA closed between $36.45 (August 14, 2026) and $42.78 (July 29, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $105 today; at the high, $90. The current price $38.31 is above 17 of those 40 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 43% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves TZA by 2.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $29 a day.
Low of the stretch$36.45 · $100 → $105
High of the stretch$42.78 · $100 → $90
Share of profitable dates43% · 17/40
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.