Platinum: RSI, real-yield correlation, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, Platinum closed at 1646.6 USD/oz, up 0.48% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, Platinum was 12.3% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, Platinum had an RSI(14) of 42.82, in the 24th percentile of its history since 1997, and its 20-day return of -9.66% was in the 5th percentile. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Platinum were 1677.86 / 1753.8 / 1922.99 USD/oz, with price -1.86% / -6.11% / -14.37% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of Platinum was 1477.1–2852.4 USD/oz; it closed 42.27% below the high and 11.48% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 1.985% daily, in the 81st percentile of its history since 1997. It has returned -0.65% over 5 days and +1.60% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 1646.60
change +7.80 (+0.476%)
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 1677.86 price below by -1.86%
50d MA 1753.80 price below by -6.11%
200d MA 1922.99 price below by -14.37%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 1.985% daily ≈ 31.5% annualised (×√252) (81st pct of own history, since 1997 (6551 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.78× (1.985% vs 2.546% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20) (thin feed: most daily bars are close-only settles, so ATR uses only the full bars, 81 of the last 250)
ATR(14) 39.63
ATR% 2.41% (86th pct of own history, since 1997 (3550 obs))
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 2852.40 (-42.27% from high)
low 1477.10 (+11.48% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 42.82 (24th pct of own history, since 1997 (6557 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return -0.65%
20d return -9.66%
60d return +1.60%
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 2026-10-19)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.22 (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 2026-10-20)
vs DXY -0.53 (26w)
vs DXY -0.38 (52w)
vs S&P 500 +0.45 (26w)
vs S&P 500 +0.37 (52w)