If I had bought XLV
If I had bought XLV
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XLV
a week ago+2.6%$100 → $103
a month ago+4.0%$100 → $104
since our history starts, July 21, 2026+6.8%$100 → $107
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XLV
Over the last 82 days XLV closed between $159.04 (July 22, 2026) and $175.28 (August 19, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $108 today; at the high, $98. The current price $171.93 is above 70 of those 82 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 85% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XLV by 1.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $16 a day.
Low of the stretch$159.04 · $100 → $108
High of the stretch$175.28 · $100 → $98
Share of profitable dates85% · 70/82
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.