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Issue #87 · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 21.8 ▼ from 22.2 yesterday | | Gold holds steady near $4,148 as investors weigh Fed rate signals amid Middle East supply concerns and oil's climb. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,148.40 +0.14%
+0.99% this week | | Silver | $57.69 -0.02%
+3.86% this week | | Platinum | $1,646.60 +0.00%
+2.83% this week | | Palladium | $1,085.50 -1.28%
-0.15% this week | | Copper | $6.55 -0.24%
-0.92% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | GC=F Gold | +0.14% | | PL=F Platinum | +0.00% | | SI=F Silver | -0.02% |
| Laggards | PA=F Palladium | -1.28% | | NEM Newmont | -1.02% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | -0.72% |
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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 ($4,358.23) and 200-day ($4,537.34) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $4,107.90–$4,424.90; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 44 — momentum weak. 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 | | US prepares heating oil reserve loan to ease prices The administration plans to lend roughly one-third of its heating oil stockpile to moderate prices. Strategic reserve moves can signal government concern about energy costs and broader inflation. (Investing) |
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Metals 101 Is jewelry demand a big deal for gold? Yes — jewelry, especially in India and China, is one of the largest sources of physical gold demand, and it tends to rise and fall with the seasons, festivals and the gold price itself. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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