On 2026-08-20, Gold closed at 4516.3 USD/oz, up 0.60% on the day. It trades at 53.0% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 69.27 is in the 90th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +11.61% in the 98th percentile. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 4250.36 / 4167.66 / 4480.75 USD/oz, with price +6.26% / +8.37% / +0.79% against them. Its 52-week range is 3310.1–5586.2 USD/oz; it closed 19.15% below the high and 36.44% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 1.317% daily, in the 76th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 81.27 USD/oz, 1.80% of price. It has returned +3.50% over 5 days and +0.35% over 60 days.
=== GOLD (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-20, prior 2026-08-19)
close 4516.30
change +26.90 (+0.599%)
range (as of 2026-08-20)
range 44.00
close pos 68.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-20)
20d MA 4250.36 price above by +6.26%
50d MA 4167.66 price above by +8.37%
200d MA 4480.75 price above by +0.79%
price > all MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-20)
20d stdev 1.317% daily ≈ 20.9% annualized (×√252) (76th pct of own history, since 2000 (5684 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.93× (1.317% vs 1.413% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-20)
ATR(14) 81.27
ATR% 1.80% (86th pct of own history, since 2000 (5690 obs))
range/ATR 54.1%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-20)
high 5586.20 (-19.15% from high)
low 3310.10 (+36.44% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-20)
RSI(14) 69.27 (90th pct of own history, since 2000 (5690 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-20)
5d return +3.50%
20d return +11.61%
60d return +0.35%
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 2026-08-19)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.58 (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 2026-08-20)
vs DXY -0.27 (26w)
vs DXY -0.30 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.61 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.40 (52w)