On 2026-08-21, Platinum closed at 1890 USD/oz, up 14.41% on the day. It trades at 55.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 56.60 is in the 65th percentile of its history since 1997, and its 20-day return of -7.75% in the 13th percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1731.61 / 1957.62 / 1426.11 USD/oz, with price +9.15% / -3.45% / +32.53% against them. Its 52-week range is 850.5–2722.1 USD/oz; it closed 30.57% below the high and 122.22% above the low. It has returned +15.84% over 5 days and +4.39% over 60 days.
=== PLATINUM (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-21, prior 2026-07-30)
close 1890.00
change +238.10 (+14.414%) [spans 16 sessions: prior close is 2026-07-30]
range (as of 2026-08-21)
range 52.80
close pos 95.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-21)
20d MA 1731.61 price above by +9.15%
50d MA 1957.62 price below by -3.45%
200d MA 1426.11 price above by +32.53%
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 5.920% daily ≈ 94.0% annualized (×√252) (97th pct of own history, since 1997 (3533 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.42× (5.920% vs 4.159% 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) 79.22
ATR% 4.19% (96th pct of own history, since 1997 (3539 obs))
range/ATR 66.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-21)
high 2722.10 (-30.57% from high)
low 850.50 (+122.22% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-21)
RSI(14) 56.60 (65th pct of own history, since 1997 (3539 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-21)
5d return +15.84%
20d return -7.75%
60d return +4.39%
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 4.16%
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 2026-08-21)
vs DXY -0.52 (26w)
vs DXY -0.32 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.41 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.40 (52w)