If I had bought XOM
If I had bought XOM
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XOM
a week ago-12.0%$100 → $88
a month ago+0.3%$100 → $100
three months ago+7.8%$100 → $108
since our history starts, August 3, 2026+5.7%$100 → $106
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XOM
Over the last 95 days XOM closed between $150.94 (August 5, 2026) and $187.38 (October 30, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $109 today; at the high, $88. The current price $164.87 is above 53 of those 95 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 56% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XOM by 2.8%: a $1,000 position swings about $28 a day.
Low of the stretch$150.94 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$187.38 · $100 → $88
Share of profitable dates56% · 53/95
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “company stock” category.