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Volatility: how much markets move
How far gold and seven other markets move on a normal day right now, and whether that is calm or wild compared with their past year.
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The Gold Field Guide
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Gold's normal day now: about ±$38 (0.95%), about ±$3,845 on 1.00 lot (100 ounces). A normal week: about ±2.1%. Low: calmer than most of the past year.
- Crude oil (WTI)±2.47%
- Silver±2.17%
- Nasdaq 100±1.21%
- Gold±0.95%
- S&P 500±0.62%
- Dollar / yen±0.33%
- Pound / dollar±0.31%
- Euro / dollar±0.27%
- Nasdaq 10061
- Crude oil (WTI)43
- Euro / dollar37
- Dollar / yen23
- S&P 50017
- Pound / dollar16
- Silver11
- Gold4
| Market | Last close | Volatility (20 days, a year) | vs its past year | Normal day | ATR 14 | 120 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold XAUUSD, 2026-10-26 | 4,028.50 | 15.2% | 4: Low: calmer than most of the past year | ±38.45 ±0.95% | 69.85 | |
| Silver XAGUSD, 2026-10-26 | 54.04 | 34.4% | 11: Low: calmer than most of the past year | ±1.17 ±2.17% | 1.30 | |
| S&P 500 SPX, 2026-10-26 | 7,676.21 | 9.9% | 17: Low: calmer than most of the past year | ±47.94 ±0.62% | 72.76 | |
| Nasdaq 100 NDX, 2026-10-26 | 29,310.39 | 19.2% | 61: Normal for the past year | ±354.76 ±1.21% | 510.07 | |
| Euro / dollar EURUSD, 2026-10-26 | 1.1187 | 4.3% | 37: Normal for the past year | ±0.0030 ±0.27% | 0.0061 | |
| Pound / dollar GBPUSD, 2026-10-26 | 1.3352 | 4.9% | 16: Low: calmer than most of the past year | ±0.0041 ±0.31% | 0.0077 | |
| Dollar / yen USDJPY, 2026-10-26 | 157.40 | 5.2% | 23: Normal for the past year | ±0.51 ±0.33% | 0.89 | |
| Crude oil (WTI) WTI, 2026-10-26 | 101.94 | 39.1% | 43: Normal for the past year | ±2.51 ±2.47% | 4.36 |
How to read it
- Volatility is how spread out the daily moves were over the last 20 trading days, scaled to a year. 20% a year is about 1.26% on a normal day.
- Normal day: about two days in three move less than this, one in three more. When volatility doubles, a stop at the same distance is reached far more often, which is why the position size calculator can set the stop from the ATR.
- ATR 14 is the average high-to-low range of the last 14 days, in price.
- vs its past year: 0 is the calmest 20 days of the past year, 100 the wildest.
This is realised volatility, from past prices. Implied volatility indexes need a licence to show, so they are not here. Source: Baroq data.
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The Gold Field Guide
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