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+1.2%$100 → $101
a month ago-3.7%$100 → $96
three months ago+2.6%$100 → $103
six months ago-10.2%$100 → $90
a year ago+4.4%$100 → $104
three years ago+124.3%$100 → $224
since our history starts, June 28, 2023+119.7%$100 → $220
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAU
Over the last 342 days XAU closed between $3,934.3 (November 4, 2025) and $5,512.3 (January 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $107 today; at the high, $76. The current price $4,196.1 is above 97 of those 342 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 28% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XAU by 1.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $14 a day.
Low of the stretch$3,934.3 · $100 → $107
High of the stretch$5,512.3 · $100 → $76
Share of profitable dates28% · 97/342
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.