If I had bought XPT
If I had bought XPT
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into XPT
a week ago-1.1%$100 → $99
a month ago-6.1%$100 → $94
three months ago+4.7%$100 → $105
six months ago-15.9%$100 → $84
since our history starts, February 2, 2026-22.3%$100 → $78
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying XPT
Over the last 251 days XPT closed between $1,552.2 (June 30, 2026) and $2,401.4 (March 1, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $109 today; at the high, $70. The current price $1,689.8 is above 49 of those 251 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 20% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves XPT by 2.3%: a $1,000 position swings about $23 a day.
Low of the stretch$1,552.2 · $100 → $109
High of the stretch$2,401.4 · $100 → $70
Share of profitable dates20% · 49/251
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “metal” category.