If I had bought XLE
If I had bought XLE
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XLE
a week ago+3.7%$100 → $104
a month ago+0.1%$100 → $100
since our history starts, July 15, 2026+15.9%$100 → $116
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XLE
Over the last 88 days XLE closed between $56.40 (July 15, 2026) and $66.04 (September 15, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $116 today; at the high, $99. The current price $65.34 is above 85 of those 88 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 97% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XLE by 1.9%: a $1,000 position swings about $19 a day.
Low of the stretch$56.40 · $100 → $116
High of the stretch$66.04 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates97% · 85/88
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.