Gold: a 3.0σ rise on 5 August 2026
Recorded 7 November 2026On 5 August 2026 Gold rose 3.67% close to close, 3.0 times its typical daily move of 1.22% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 1 sessions on record before it. 5 other instruments of the 199 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- +3.67%
- Size
- +3.0σ
- Typical day before it
- 1.22%
- Close
- 4,305.2
- Previous close, 4 August 2026
- 4,152.6
- Since, to 6 November 2026
- −5.35%
Gold, the 17 sessions to 5 August 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | GOLD |
|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | 4,006 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 4,070 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 4,052 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 3,992 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 4,019 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 4,016 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 4,076 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 4,152 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 4,050 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 4,071 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 4,077 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 4,039 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 4,036 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 4,100 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 4,107 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 4,091 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 4,153 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | 4,305 |
The same day
Other quakes on 5 August 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX SPCX | −13.61% | −3.4σ |
Gold's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 30 October 2026: −3.29%, −3.3σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of Gold's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on Gold's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.