On 2026-08-19, Platinum closed at 1812.3 USD/oz, up 9.71% on the day. It trades at 51.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 52.70 is in the 53rd percentile of its history since 1997, and its 20-day return of -11.54% in the 7th percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1727.72 / 1956.06 / 1425.72 USD/oz, with price +4.90% / -7.35% / +27.11% against them. Its 52-week range is 850.5–2722.1 USD/oz; it closed 33.42% below the high and 113.09% above the low. It has returned +11.08% over 5 days and +0.10% over 60 days.
=== PLATINUM (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-19, prior 2026-07-30)
close 1812.30
change +160.40 (+9.710%) [spans 14 sessions: prior close is 2026-07-30]
range (as of 2026-08-19)
range 31.40
close pos 20.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-19)
20d MA 1727.72 price above by +4.90%
50d MA 1956.06 price below by -7.35%
200d MA 1425.72 price above by +27.11%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-19) (thin feed: most daily bars are single-price settles, excluded at read; vol measured over a sparse series)
20d stdev 5.376% daily ≈ 85.3% annualized (×√252) (97th pct of own history, since 1997 (3533 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.31× (5.376% vs 4.104% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-19) (thin feed: most daily bars are single-price settles, excluded at read; ATR measured over a sparse series)
ATR(14) 75.26
ATR% 4.15% (96th pct of own history, since 1997 (3539 obs))
range/ATR 41.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-19)
high 2722.10 (-33.42% from high)
low 850.50 (+113.09% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-19)
RSI(14) 52.70 (53rd pct of own history, since 1997 (3539 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-19)
5d return +11.08%
20d return -11.54%
60d return +0.10%
volatility by rate-era (thin feed: Pd/Pt daily bars are largely single-price settles; era volatilities include flat placeholder bars)
pre-crisis 2.31% (from 1997-10-29)
ZIRP-2009 2.25%
tightening-2015 1.95%
ZIRP-2019 3.97%
tightening-2022 3.17%
easing-2024 4.10%
real-yield sensitivity (platinum weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-07-30)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.29 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.06 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (platinum weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-08-19)
vs DXY -0.51 (26w)
vs DXY -0.31 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.39 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.40 (52w)