If I had bought XAUJPY
If I had bought XAUJPY
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAUJPY
a week ago+1.6%$100 → $102
a month ago-0.6%$100 → $99
three months ago+0.4%$100 → $100
since our history starts, May 20, 2026-8.0%$100 → $92
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAUJPY
Over the last 122 days XAUJPY closed between $638,575.8 (August 3, 2026) and $744,593 (August 24, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $104 today; at the high, $89. The current price $664,119.7 is above 36 of those 122 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 XAUJPY by 1.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $16 a day.
Low of the stretch$638,575.8 · $100 → $104
High of the stretch$744,593 · $100 → $89
Share of profitable dates30% · 36/122
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
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