If I had bought XAUT
If I had bought XAUT
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XAUT
a week ago+0.9%$100 → $101
a month ago-3.8%$100 → $96
three months ago+2.6%$100 → $103
six months ago-10.0%$100 → $90
a year ago+4.4%$100 → $104
since our history starts, April 3, 2025+34.0%$100 → $134
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XAUT
Over the last 364 days XAUT closed between $3,926.6 (November 4, 2025) and $5,522.6 (January 28, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $107 today; at the high, $76. The current price $4,182.2 is above 100 of those 364 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 27% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XAUT by 1.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $13 a day.
Low of the stretch$3,926.6 · $100 → $107
High of the stretch$5,522.6 · $100 → $76
Share of profitable dates27% · 100/364
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “real-world assets” category.