On 2026-08-18, Gold closed at 4366 USD/oz, down 1.17% on the day. It trades at 46.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 61.21 is in the 74th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +7.24% in the 89th percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 4209.74 / 4159.46 / 4476.94 USD/oz, with price +3.71% / +4.97% / -2.48% against them. Its 52-week range is 3310.1–5586.2 USD/oz; it closed 21.84% below the high and 31.90% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 1.407% daily, in the 81st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 75.5 USD/oz, 1.73% of price. It has returned -0.39% over 5 days and -3.83% over 60 days.
=== GOLD (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-18, prior 2026-08-17)
close 4366.00
change -51.80 (-1.173%)
range (as of 2026-08-18)
range 103.40
close pos 34.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-18)
20d MA 4209.74 price above by +3.71%
50d MA 4159.46 price above by +4.97%
200d MA 4476.94 price below by -2.48%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-18)
20d stdev 1.407% daily ≈ 22.3% annualized (×√252) (81st pct of own history, since 2000 (5682 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.00× (1.407% vs 1.411% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-18)
ATR(14) 75.50
ATR% 1.73% (84th pct of own history, since 2000 (5688 obs))
range/ATR 137.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-18)
high 5586.20 (-21.84% from high)
low 3310.10 (+31.90% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-18)
RSI(14) 61.21 (74th pct of own history, since 2000 (5688 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-18)
5d return -0.39%
20d return +7.24%
60d return -3.83%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 1.39% (from 2000-08-31)
ZIRP-2009 1.18%
tightening-2015 0.84%
ZIRP-2019 1.08%
tightening-2022 0.94%
easing-2024 1.41%
real-yield sensitivity (gold weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-08-17)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.57 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.49 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (gold weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-08-18)
vs DXY -0.24 (26w)
vs DXY -0.29 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.68 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.43 (52w)