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Issue #77 · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 23.0 ▼ from 23.2 yesterday | | Gold and silver retreated while miner stocks held steady; Fed minutes due as dollar strength pressures precious metals. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,146.20 -0.98%
-0.97% this week | | Silver | $60.39 -1.27%
+0.49% this week | | Platinum | $1,643.10 -2.93%
-3.48% this week | | Palladium | $1,140.00 -2.03%
-5.11% this week | | Copper | $6.64 +0.72%
+1.27% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | B Barrick Mining | +1.80% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | +1.47% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | +0.92% |
| Laggards | PL=F Platinum | -2.93% | | PA=F Palladium | -2.03% | | SI=F Silver | -1.27% |
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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 ($4,372.34) and 200-day ($4,550.46) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $4,146.20–$4,664.00; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 24 — traditionally described as oversold. 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 | | Gold slips as dollar firms; Fed minutes awaited Gold fell below $4,150 as the U.S. dollar strengthened, a typical inverse relationship. Investors await Federal Reserve meeting minutes for clues on interest-rate direction, which affects gold's appeal. (Investing) |
| | Gold's role as monetary alternative to bonds examined Industry discussion at Beaver Creek conference suggests gold may be shifting from cyclical commodity to structural hedge against government bonds and currency concerns, reflecting longer-term institutional interest. (Mining.com) |
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Metals 101 What is a 'Good Delivery' bar? The large, standardized bars (around 400 troy ounces for gold) that trade between professionals in the London market, meeting strict purity and weight rules. Retail buyers get much smaller bars and coins. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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