On 2026-08-21, Palladium closed at 1362.5 USD/oz, down 0.84% on the day. It trades at 21.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 47.01 is in the 39th percentile of its history since 1998, and its 20-day return of -3.45% in the 33rd percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1370.09 / 1553.69 / 1236.3 USD/oz, with price -0.55% / -12.31% / +10.21% against them. Its 52-week range is 822.8–3380.5 USD/oz; it closed 59.70% below the high and 65.59% above the low. It has returned +15.45% over 5 days and -5.88% over 60 days.
=== PALLADIUM (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-21, prior 2026-08-07)
close 1362.50
change -11.60 (-0.844%) [spans 10 sessions: prior close is 2026-08-07]
range (as of 2026-08-21)
range 26.50
close pos 98.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-21)
20d MA 1370.09 price below by -0.55%
50d MA 1553.69 price below by -12.31%
200d MA 1236.30 price above by +10.21%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-21) (thin feed: most daily bars are single-price settles, excluded at read; vol measured over a sparse series)
20d stdev 4.471% daily ≈ 71.0% annualized (×√252) (85th pct of own history, since 1998 (3012 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.84× (4.471% vs 5.333% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-21) (thin feed: most daily bars are single-price settles, excluded at read; ATR measured over a sparse series)
ATR(14) 63.75
ATR% 4.68% (88th pct of own history, since 1998 (3018 obs))
range/ATR 41.6%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-21)
high 3380.50 (-59.70% from high)
low 822.80 (+65.59% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-21)
RSI(14) 47.01 (39th pct of own history, since 1998 (3018 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-21)
5d return +15.45%
20d return -3.45%
60d return -5.88%
volatility by rate-era (thin feed: Pd/Pt daily bars are largely single-price settles; era volatilities include flat placeholder bars)
pre-crisis 3.11% (from 1998-09-28)
ZIRP-2009 3.35%
tightening-2015 2.86%
ZIRP-2019 5.54%
tightening-2022 6.11%
easing-2024 5.33%
real-yield sensitivity (palladium weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-08-07)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.27 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.05 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (palladium weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-08-21)
vs DXY -0.44 (26w)
vs DXY -0.13 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.31 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.20 (52w)