If I had bought XAUAUD
If I had bought XAUAUD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAUAUD
a week ago+0.9%$100 → $101
a month ago-0.4%$100 → $100
since our history starts, August 16, 2026-2.7%$100 → $97
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAUAUD
Over the last 47 days XAUAUD closed between $5,882.9 (September 28, 2026) and $6,539.9 (August 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $92. The current price $6,003.4 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 XAUAUD by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$5,882.9 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$6,539.9 · $100 → $92
Share of profitable dates19% · 9/47
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.