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-3.9%$100 → $96
a month ago-4.7%$100 → $95
since our history starts, August 3, 2026+2.0%$100 → $102
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XOM
Over the last 49 days XOM closed between $150.94 (August 5, 2026) and $169.38 (September 15, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $105 today; at the high, $94. The current price $159.09 is above 14 of those 49 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 29% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XOM by 2.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $26 a day.
Low of the stretch$150.94 · $100 → $105
High of the stretch$169.38 · $100 → $94
Share of profitable dates29% · 14/49
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “company stock” category.