If I had bought XAG
If I had bought XAG
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAG
a week ago+0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago-4.4%$100 → $96
three months ago+1.6%$100 → $102
six months ago-19.9%$100 → $80
a year ago+23.2%$100 → $123
three years ago+175.8%$100 → $276
since our history starts, June 28, 2023+167.5%$100 → $268
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAG
Over the last 347 days XAG closed between $46.93 (October 27, 2025) and $117.84 (January 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $130 today; at the high, $52. The current price $60.78 is above 93 of those 347 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 27% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XAG by 2.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $24 a day.
Low of the stretch$46.93 · $100 → $130
High of the stretch$117.84 · $100 → $52
Share of profitable dates27% · 93/347
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.