If I had bought XAL
If I had bought XAL
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAL
a week ago+0.3%$100 → $100
a month ago+0.6%$100 → $101
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-0.5%$100 → $99
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAL
Over the last 47 days XAL closed between $3,201.5 (August 20, 2026) and $3,383.9 (August 11, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $96. The current price $3,237.4 is above 9 of those 47 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 XAL by 1.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $13 a day.
Low of the stretch$3,201.5 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$3,383.9 · $100 → $96
Share of profitable dates19% · 9/47
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.