| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #88 · Thursday, October 22, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 21.4 ▼ from 21.8 yesterday | | Worth noting Gold crossed below $4,100 since yesterday. | | Gold and silver fell as oil prices surged on Middle East tensions, while mining stocks held steady amid geopolitical uncertainty. |
| | | | | ● The Numbers | Gold | $4,085.40 -1.56%
-2.03% this week | | Silver | $55.80 -2.82%
-1.82% this week | | Platinum | $1,586.80 -2.38%
-1.48% this week | | Palladium | $1,052.00 -3.01%
-6.16% this week | | Copper | $6.41 -2.09%
-1.61% this week |
|
| ● The Movers Leaders | B Barrick Mining | +0.82% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | +0.72% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | +0.60% |
| Laggards | PA=F Palladium | -3.01% | | SI=F Silver | -2.82% | | PL=F Platinum | -2.38% |
|
The day's best and worst of the tracked metals and miners · day-over-day change. |
| ● The Read Gold — description, not prediction Trading below both its 50-day ($4,350.62) and 200-day ($4,535.30) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $4,085.40–$4,424.90; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 41 — 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 → |
| ● The Brief | | Silver breaks below $56.13 support level Silver fell 2.82% to $55.80, breaking below key support as broader commodity weakness and dollar strength pressured the precious metal despite traditional safe-haven demand. (Investing) |
| | Fortuna expands Lindero pit after gold discovery Fortuna Silver plans to deepen its Lindero pit following broad gold intersections, potentially increasing reserve estimates and mine life through revised pit and reserve calculations. (Mining.com) |
|
| Partner How a gold IRA works A plain, factual guide to holding physical gold in a retirement account: the eligible metals, rollovers and transfers, custodians, storage, and fees. Learn how a gold IRA works |
| Metals 101 What is a futures contract's 'contango'? When futures for later delivery cost more than the spot price — normal for gold, reflecting storage and interest costs. The opposite, 'backwardation', is rarer and can signal tight physical supply. |
| “Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” | Gold Mornings is an educational digest for US readers. Nothing here is financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. Metals carry risk — you can lose money, and past performance does not predict future results. Some links may be affiliate links; we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Prices via Yahoo Finance, captured each morning before the US open. Forwarded this email? Get your own free → New to gold? Why invest in gold → Part of the Mornings family from SolutionC LLC · Stock Mornings · Coin Mornings · ▶ YouTube goldmornings.com |
|