If I had bought XAUCAD
If I had bought XAUCAD
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAUCAD
a week ago+1.3%$100 → $101
a month ago-0.8%$100 → $99
since our history starts, August 17, 2026-2.5%$100 → $97
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAUCAD
Over the last 46 days XAUCAD closed between $5,852.3 (September 28, 2026) and $6,474.7 (August 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $92. The current price $5,980.6 is above 14 of those 46 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 30% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XAUCAD by 1.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $15 a day.
Low of the stretch$5,852.3 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$6,474.7 · $100 → $92
Share of profitable dates30% · 14/46
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.