If I had bought XLI
If I had bought XLI
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XLI
a week ago-0.5%$100 → $100
a month ago-2.5%$100 → $98
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-8.6%$100 → $91
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XLI
Over the last 67 days XLI closed between $166.06 (September 21, 2026) and $191.73 (August 8, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $88. The current price $169.27 is above 12 of those 67 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 18% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XLI by 3.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $33 a day.
Low of the stretch$166.06 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$191.73 · $100 → $88
Share of profitable dates18% · 12/67
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.