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Gold (XAUUSD) in August 2005: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended August 2005 up 1.23% at US$434.60. It traded between US$428.60 on 1 Aug 2005 and US$449.10 on 12 Aug 2005, and its biggest day was +1.95% on 11 Aug 2005. Its median daily range was about the same as gold's median for all of 2005.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 23 |
| First open (1 Aug 2005) | US$429.20 |
| Last close (31 Aug 2005) | US$434.60 |
| Close before the month (29 Jul 2005) | US$429.30 |
| Month change | +1.23% · US$5.30 |
| Month high (12 Aug 2005) | US$449.10 |
| Month low (1 Aug 2005) | US$428.60 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$20.50 · 4.78% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.413% |
| Median daily range | 1.02% · US$4.40 |
| Median daily range for all of 2005 | 1.045% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 4 / 0 |
| Up days / down days | 12 / 10 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 11 Aug 2005 | +1.95% | US$8.50 |
| Worst day | 17 Aug 2005 | -1.23% | -US$5.50 |
| Widest high-low day | 11 Aug 2005 | 2.29% | US$10.00 |
August 2005 against every August, 2005–2024
Ranked against August in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 10th, median daily range 15th, high-low span 16th. Across those years the strongest August was 2011 (+12.19%) and the weakest 2008 (-9.04%).
August inside 2005
The median daily range in August 2005 was 1.02%, which is about the same as the median for all of 2005 (1.045%; ratio 0.98). By median daily range it was the 7th widest of the 12 months of 2005. The full year is on the gold in 2005 page.
Every trading day of August 2005
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2005 | US$431.30 | +0.47% | US$3.50 |
| 2 Aug 2005 | US$431.60 | +0.07% | US$2.20 |
| 3 Aug 2005 | US$436.20 | +1.07% | US$6.00 |
| 4 Aug 2005 | US$437.00 | +0.18% | US$3.70 |
| 5 Aug 2005 | US$436.80 | -0.05% | US$2.30 |
| 8 Aug 2005 | US$434.60 | -0.5% | US$3.50 |
| 9 Aug 2005 | US$434.60 | +0% | US$2.70 |
| 10 Aug 2005 | US$436.80 | +0.51% | US$3.10 |
| 11 Aug 2005 | US$445.30 | +1.95% | US$10.00 |
| 12 Aug 2005 | US$445.70 | +0.09% | US$5.60 |
| 15 Aug 2005 | US$442.30 | -0.76% | US$4.90 |
| 16 Aug 2005 | US$445.80 | +0.79% | US$6.50 |
| 17 Aug 2005 | US$440.30 | -1.23% | US$7.90 |
| 18 Aug 2005 | US$439.30 | -0.23% | US$4.50 |
| 19 Aug 2005 | US$435.80 | -0.8% | US$4.60 |
| 22 Aug 2005 | US$437.60 | +0.41% | US$4.70 |
| 23 Aug 2005 | US$438.70 | +0.25% | US$2.50 |
| 24 Aug 2005 | US$437.00 | -0.39% | US$5.00 |
| 25 Aug 2005 | US$437.80 | +0.18% | US$2.70 |
| 26 Aug 2005 | US$437.20 | -0.14% | US$3.60 |
| 29 Aug 2005 | US$436.10 | -0.25% | US$4.20 |
| 30 Aug 2005 | US$431.20 | -1.12% | US$8.10 |
| 31 Aug 2005 | US$434.60 | +0.79% | US$4.40 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 11 Aug 2005, covered US$10.00 from high to low; the median day covered US$4.40. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$10.00 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in August 2005?
Up: the last close was US$434.60 on 31 Aug 2005, +1.23% (US$5.30) against US$429.30 on 29 Jul 2005.
What were gold's high and low in August 2005?
High US$449.10 on 12 Aug 2005, low US$428.60 on 1 Aug 2005, a span of US$20.50.
What was gold's biggest day in August 2005?
11 Aug 2005: +1.95% (US$8.50) close to close.