Silver: 20-day return -14.38% (3rd percentile)
On 2026-10-16, Silver closed at 56.99 USD/oz, up 0.26% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, Silver was 14.8% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, Silver had an RSI(14) of 36.18, in the 11th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -14.38% was in the 3rd 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 Silver were 60.844 / 63.902 / 72.111 USD/oz, with price -6.33% / -10.82% / -20.97% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of Silver was 45.85–121.3 USD/oz; it closed 53.02% below the high and 24.30% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.150% daily, in the 74th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 1.516 USD/oz, 2.66% of price. It has returned -6.07% over 5 days and -1.40% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
Silver here is the continuous series of the COMEX Silver futures contract (SI), priced in US dollars per troy ounce: a futures price, not the spot price or the LBMA fixing.
=== SILVER (USD/oz) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 56.990
change +0.150 (+0.264%)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 0.020
close pos 0.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 60.844 price below by -6.33%
50d MA 63.902 price below by -10.82%
200d MA 72.111 price below by -20.97%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 2.150% daily ≈ 34.1% annualised (×√252) (74th pct of own history, since 2000 (6454 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.74× (2.150% vs 2.920% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 1.516
ATR% 2.66% (77th pct of own history, since 2000 (4824 obs))
range/ATR 1.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 121.300 (-53.02% from high)
low 45.850 (+24.30% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 36.18 (11th pct of own history, since 2000 (6460 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return -6.07%
20d return -14.38%
60d return -1.40%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 2.00% (from 2000-08-30)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 2.14%
tightening (2015–2018) 1.36%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 2.15%
tightening (2022–2023) 1.83%
easing (2024– ) 2.92%
real-yield sensitivity (silver weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-10-15)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.09 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.25 (52w)
cross-asset sensitivity (silver weekly returns vs the US dollar index (DXY) and S&P 500) (as of 2026-10-16)
vs DXY -0.34 (26w)
vs DXY -0.29 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.58 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.43 (52w)