If I had bought XLY
If I had bought XLY
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XLY
a week ago+2.6%$100 → $103
a month ago-0.1%$100 → $100
since our history starts, August 19, 2026-4.8%$100 → $95
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XLY
Over the last 37 days XLY closed between $108.78 (October 1, 2026) and $118.58 (August 19, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $104 today; at the high, $95. The current price $112.83 is above 20 of those 37 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 54% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XLY by 1.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $13 a day.
Low of the stretch$108.78 · $100 → $104
High of the stretch$118.58 · $100 → $95
Share of profitable dates54% · 20/37
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.