Platinum: 20-day return -9.99% (5th percentile)
On 2026-10-16, Platinum closed at 1623.3 USD/oz, up 0.78% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, Platinum was 10.6% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, Platinum had an RSI(14) of 38.79, in the 14th percentile of its history since 1997, and its 20-day return of -9.99% was in the 5th percentile. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Platinum were 1694.64 / 1757.98 / 1927.9 USD/oz, with price -4.21% / -7.66% / -15.80% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of Platinum was 1477.1–2852.4 USD/oz; it closed 43.09% below the high and 9.90% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 1.990% daily, in the 81st percentile of its history since 1997. It has returned -3.33% over 5 days and +1.51% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
Platinum here is the continuous series of the NYMEX Platinum futures contract (PL), priced in US dollars per troy ounce: a futures price, not the spot price or the LBMA fixing.
=== PLATINUM (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 1623.30
change +12.60 (+0.782%)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 14.60
close pos 0.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 1694.64 price below by -4.21%
50d MA 1757.98 price below by -7.66%
200d MA 1927.90 price below by -15.80%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 1.990% daily ≈ 31.6% annualised (×√252) (81st pct of own history, since 1997 (6549 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.78× (1.990% vs 2.549% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16) (thin feed: most daily bars are close-only settles, so ATR uses only the full bars, 83 of the last 250)
ATR(14) 39.64
ATR% 2.44% (87th pct of own history, since 1997 (3550 obs))
range/ATR 36.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 2852.40 (-43.09% from high)
low 1477.10 (+9.90% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 38.79 (14th pct of own history, since 1997 (6555 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return -3.33%
20d return -9.99%
60d return +1.51%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 2.19% (from 1997-10-29)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 1.39%
tightening (2015–2018) 1.32%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 2.06%
tightening (2022–2023) 1.89%
easing (2024– ) 2.55%
real-yield sensitivity (platinum weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-10-15)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.19 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.25 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (platinum weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-10-16)
vs DXY -0.53 (26w)
vs DXY -0.38 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.42 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.36 (52w)