On 2026-08-06, Gold closed at 4311.1 USD/oz, up 1.54% on the day. It trades at 45.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 63.35 is in the 79th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +4.37% in the 75th percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 4076.38 / 4174.82 / 4468.99 USD/oz, with price +5.76% / +3.26% / -3.53% against them. Its 52-week range is 3263.9–5586.2 USD/oz; it closed 22.83% below the high and 32.08% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 1.570% daily, in the 88th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 75.39 USD/oz, 1.75% of price. It has returned +5.15% over 5 days and -8.64% over 60 days.
=== GOLD (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-06, prior 2026-08-05)
close 4311.10
change +65.30 (+1.538%)
range (as of 2026-08-06)
range 32.80
close pos 70.4% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-06)
20d MA 4076.38 price above by +5.76%
50d MA 4174.82 price above by +3.26%
200d MA 4468.99 price below by -3.53%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-08-06)
20d stdev 1.570% daily ≈ 24.9% annualized (×√252) (88th pct of own history, since 2000 (5674 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.11× (1.570% vs 1.416% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-06)
ATR(14) 75.39
ATR% 1.75% (85th pct of own history, since 2000 (5680 obs))
range/ATR 43.5%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-06)
high 5586.20 (-22.83% from high)
low 3263.90 (+32.08% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-06)
RSI(14) 63.35 (79th pct of own history, since 2000 (5680 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-06)
5d return +5.15%
20d return +4.37%
60d return -8.64%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 1.3878% (from 2000-08-31)
ZIRP-2009 1.1796%
tightening-2015 0.8388%
ZIRP-2019 1.0750%
tightening-2022 0.9428%
easing-2024 1.4164%
real-yield sensitivity (gold weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-08-05)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.56 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.48 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (gold weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-08-06)
vs DXY -0.20 (26w)
vs DXY -0.26 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.64 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.40 (52w)