| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #18 · Wednesday, July 15, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 26.9 ▲ from 24.0 yesterday | | Gold and silver declined modestly while miner stocks fell sharper, as Middle East tensions and geopolitical risks compete with cautious market sentiment. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,035.30 -0.64%
-0.87% this week | | Silver | $58.23 -0.92%
+0.11% this week | | Platinum | $1,632.60 +0.07%
+3.57% this week | | Palladium | $1,295.00 -0.28%
+6.72% this week | | Copper | $6.37 +0.57%
+5.14% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | NEM Newmont | +1.77% | | B Barrick Mining | +1.53% | | HG=F Copper | +0.57% |
| Laggards | GDX Gold Miners ETF | -2.86% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | -2.29% | | SI=F Silver | -0.92% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked metals and miners · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read Gold — description, not prediction Trading below both its 50-day ($4,339.32) and 200-day ($4,471.39) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $3,990.30–$4,489.10; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 53 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → What's pushing gold today: the dollar & Treasury yields on the Dollar & Yields page → |
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● The Brief | | Silver consolidates in $57–$60 trading range Silver remains locked between psychological support and resistance levels as institutional buyers and sellers test resolve. Price action reflects broader uncertainty in risk appetite. (Investing) |
| | Oil prices rise 1% on Middle East tensions Crude gained as regional hostilities escalate, typically supporting safe-haven metals. Energy price moves often correlate with precious-metals demand shifts. (Investing) |
| | Gold tests key $3,990 support in bear flag pattern Gold approached technical support level while consolidating, a pattern traders monitor for directional clues. Technical setups help beginners understand price structure without predicting outcomes. (Investing) |
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Metals 101 Why is copper called 'Dr. Copper'? Copper is in everything from wiring to construction, so its price tends to rise and fall with global industrial activity. Traders joke it has a PhD in economics because it reads the business cycle. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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