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+2.5%$100 → $103
a month ago+6.0%$100 → $106
since our history starts, July 21, 2026+7.9%$100 → $108
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XLV
Over the last 35 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 $109 today; at the high, $99. The current price $173.73 is above 30 of those 35 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 86% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XLV by 2.5%: a $1,000 position swings about $25 a day.
Low of the stretch$159.04 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$175.28 · $100 → $99
Share of profitable dates86% · 30/35
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.