Platinum technical indicators: RSI, real-yield correlation, 52-week range
Platinum closed at 1646.6 USD/oz on 2026-10-20, up 0.48%, the 28th percentile of its daily moves by size since 1997. It is 42.27% below its 52-week high and 11.48% above its 52-week low, and is below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of -9.66% is in the 5th percentile of its history since 1997. Platinum had an RSI(14) of 42.82 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 24th percentile of its history since 1997. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of Platinum was 2852.4 USD/oz, set on 2026-01-26, and the 52-week low 1477.1 USD/oz, set on 2025-10-22. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of Platinum was 1677.86 USD/oz. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of Platinum was 1753.8 USD/oz. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of Platinum was 1922.99 USD/oz.
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.
Price and momentum
- Close
- 1646.6 USD/oz
- Daily change
- up 0.48%
- RSI (14)
- 42.82 — 24th percentile since 1997 (6557 obs)
- 20-day return
- -9.66% — 5th percentile since 1997 (6551 obs)
Moving averages
| Period | Value | Price vs MA |
|---|---|---|
| 20-day MA | 1677.86 USD/oz | -1.86% |
| 50-day MA | 1753.80 USD/oz | -6.11% |
| 200-day MA | 1922.99 USD/oz | -14.37% |
52-week range
- Position
- 12.3% of range
- 52-week high
- 2852.4 USD/oz · price -42.27%
- 52-week low
- 1477.1 USD/oz · price +11.48%
Price chart
Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility
- 1.985% daily — 81st percentile since 1997 (6551 obs)
- ATR (14)
- 39.63 USD/oz · 2.41% of price
- Note
- thin feed — most daily bars are close-only settles: volatility uses every close; ATR uses only the full bars
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 2.19% (data 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%
Returns
- 5-day
- -0.65%
- 60-day
- +1.60%
Real-yield sensitivity
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (52-week)
- correlation -0.25
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (26-week)
- correlation -0.22
Cross-asset correlation
- vs US dollar index (DXY) (52-week)
- correlation -0.38
- vs US dollar index (DXY) (26-week)
- correlation -0.53
- vs S&P 500 (52-week)
- correlation +0.37
- vs S&P 500 (26-week)
- correlation +0.45
Key dates
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next jobs report (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)
- Next CPI (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
Full daily summary
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.
Methodology
This page reports market statistics computed from daily closing data. It states figures and their historical context only — no interpretation, ratings, targets or forecasts.
Full definitions for every metric on this page — how each is computed, over what window and on what basis — are on the methodology page.
Note (platinum, palladium): most daily bars on these feeds are close-only settles, a settlement price without the day’s open, high and low. Price changes, moving averages, RSI and volatility use every settle; ATR and the day’s range use only the days with a full bar, and ATR’s own-history percentile is withheld as unreliable.
See where Platinum ranks among today’s most statistically unusual readings on the cross-asset market screener.
On 2026-10-20, Platinum ranked #25 of 73 instruments across all markets covered, sorted by how statistically unusual each day’s reading was (cross-asset market screener).