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Current spot prices for gold, silver, and platinum alongside their 50-, 100-, and 200-day moving averages.
Gold, silver and platinum spot prices and moving averages
Moving averages smooth out day-to-day price swings to show how current spot prices compare with their recent trend. The 50-, 100-, and 200-day windows are the most widely cited timeframes in professional market commentary.
| Metal | Spot Price Awaiting update | 50 Day
Moving Avg | 100 Day
Moving Avg | 200 Day
Moving Avg |
|---|
| Silver | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history |
| Gold | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history |
| Platinum | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history | Insufficient history |
Moving averages are calculated from spot-price movement only. They do not include retail premiums, dealer spreads, payment-method differences, taxes, shipping, storage, or transaction costs. Final physical acquisition costs and resale outcomes can vary by dealer, product, quantity, payment method, market conditions, and checkout terms. Past price trends are not a guarantee of future results.
Source: Metals-API spot-price data. Calculations by PreciousMetalsRadar.com.
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Description
This table compares current spot prices for gold, silver, and platinum with their historical moving averages over multiple time periods. The moving averages help provide additional market context by smoothing short-term price fluctuations and showing how current prices compare to broader historical trends over the last 50, 100, and 200 trading days.
How to Read This Table
The Spot Price column reflects the current market price of each metal per troy ounce. The moving average columns represent the average daily spot price over the selected time period. When the current spot price is above a moving average, it may indicate stronger recent pricing relative to that historical period. When it is below a moving average, it may indicate weaker recent pricing relative to historical averages.
Why This Matters
Moving averages help place current prices into historical context by smoothing day-to-day volatility. This information can be helpful when evaluating market conditions, comparing trends over time, and making more informed decisions regarding physical precious metals. However, moving averages are one of many informational tools and should not be viewed as predictors of future price performance.
Important Notes
Physical gold and silver are generally considered complementary assets, not replacements for a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, cash, and other holdings.
Gold and sliver usually include premiums above spot, bid/ask spreads when selling, storage and security needs, taxes, and price volatility.
Physical precious metals do not generate income or dividends and may underperform other assets over certain periods.
Precious metals prices can change rapidly based on economic conditions, interest rates, inflation expectations, currency movements, geopolitical events, and market sentiment.
PreciousMetalsRadar.com is not a registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, or commodity trading adviser and does not provide personalized recommendations.
