If I had bought XAU
If I had bought XAU
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAU
a week ago+7.2%$100 → $107
a month ago+13.3%$100 → $113
three months ago+2.7%$100 → $103
six months ago-9.8%$100 → $90
a year ago+38.4%$100 → $138
three years ago+142.5%$100 → $243
since our history starts, May 14, 2023+131.1%$100 → $231
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAU
Over the last 336 days XAU closed between $3,390.6 (August 26, 2025) and $5,512.3 (January 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $137 today; at the high, $84. The current price $4,644 is above 245 of those 336 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 73% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XAU by 1.8%: a $1,000 position swings about $18 a day.
Low of the stretch$3,390.6 · $100 → $137
High of the stretch$5,512.3 · $100 → $84
Share of profitable dates73% · 245/336
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.