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Gold (XAUUSD) in January 2007: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended January 2007 up 2.59% at US$652.70. It traded between US$601.50 on 5 Jan 2007 and US$654.20 on 25 Jan 2007, and its biggest day was +2.45% on 12 Jan 2007. Its median daily range was about the same as gold's median for all of 2007.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 22 |
| First open (2 Jan 2007) | US$638.20 |
| Last close (31 Jan 2007) | US$652.70 |
| Close before the month (29 Dec 2006) | US$636.20 |
| Month change | +2.59% · US$16.50 |
| Month high (25 Jan 2007) | US$654.20 |
| Month low (5 Jan 2007) | US$601.50 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$52.70 · 8.28% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.548% |
| Median daily range | 1.459% · US$9.30 |
| Median daily range for all of 2007 | 1.417% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 7 / 4 |
| Up days / down days | 11 / 11 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 12 Jan 2007 | +2.45% | US$15.00 |
| Worst day | 5 Jan 2007 | -2.41% | -US$15.00 |
| Widest high-low day | 5 Jan 2007 | 3.89% | US$24.20 |
January 2007 against every January, 2005–2024
Ranked against January in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 13th, median daily range 8th, high-low span 6th. Across those years the strongest January was 2008 (+11.14%) and the weakest 2011 (-5.38%).
January inside 2007
The median daily range in January 2007 was 1.459%, which is about the same as the median for all of 2007 (1.417%; ratio 1.03). By median daily range it was the 5th widest of the 12 months of 2007. The full year is on the gold in 2007 page.
Every trading day of January 2007
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 2007 | US$640.20 | +0.63% | US$4.10 |
| 3 Jan 2007 | US$627.10 | -2.05% | US$20.00 |
| 4 Jan 2007 | US$621.70 | -0.86% | US$10.00 |
| 5 Jan 2007 | US$606.70 | -2.41% | US$24.20 |
| 8 Jan 2007 | US$608.50 | +0.3% | US$7.30 |
| 9 Jan 2007 | US$613.50 | +0.82% | US$9.60 |
| 10 Jan 2007 | US$611.00 | -0.41% | US$8.00 |
| 11 Jan 2007 | US$611.50 | +0.08% | US$7.10 |
| 12 Jan 2007 | US$626.50 | +2.45% | US$18.00 |
| 15 Jan 2007 | US$626.10 | -0.06% | US$4.00 |
| 16 Jan 2007 | US$624.60 | -0.24% | US$5.20 |
| 17 Jan 2007 | US$632.20 | +1.22% | US$13.50 |
| 18 Jan 2007 | US$627.10 | -0.81% | US$10.00 |
| 19 Jan 2007 | US$634.70 | +1.21% | US$9.10 |
| 22 Jan 2007 | US$632.70 | -0.32% | US$7.90 |
| 23 Jan 2007 | US$645.60 | +2.04% | US$14.30 |
| 24 Jan 2007 | US$647.70 | +0.33% | US$10.20 |
| 25 Jan 2007 | US$645.60 | -0.32% | US$9.50 |
| 26 Jan 2007 | US$645.50 | -0.02% | US$7.10 |
| 29 Jan 2007 | US$643.00 | -0.39% | US$6.90 |
| 30 Jan 2007 | US$646.00 | +0.47% | US$6.50 |
| 31 Jan 2007 | US$652.70 | +1.04% | US$12.50 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 5 Jan 2007, covered US$24.20 from high to low; the median day covered US$9.30. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$24.20 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in January 2007?
Up: the last close was US$652.70 on 31 Jan 2007, +2.59% (US$16.50) against US$636.20 on 29 Dec 2006.
What were gold's high and low in January 2007?
High US$654.20 on 25 Jan 2007, low US$601.50 on 5 Jan 2007, a span of US$52.70.
What was gold's biggest day in January 2007?
12 Jan 2007: +2.45% (US$15.00) close to close.