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Gold (XAUUSD) in May 2021: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended May 2021 up 7.78% at US$1,906.62. It traded between US$1,766.04 on 3 May 2021 and US$1,912.74 on 26 May 2021, and its biggest day was +1.54% on 6 May 2021. Its median daily range was wider than gold's median for all of 2021.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 21 |
| First open (3 May 2021) | US$1,766.81 |
| Last close (31 May 2021) | US$1,906.62 |
| Close before the month (30 Apr 2021) | US$1,768.97 |
| Month change | +7.78% · US$137.65 |
| Month high (26 May 2021) | US$1,912.74 |
| Month low (3 May 2021) | US$1,766.04 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$146.70 · 8.29% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.381% |
| Median daily range | 1.249% · US$23.68 |
| Median daily range for all of 2021 | 1.167% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 4 / 0 |
| Up days / down days | 16 / 5 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 6 May 2021 | +1.54% | US$27.56 |
| Worst day | 12 May 2021 | -1.13% | -US$20.69 |
| Widest high-low day | 19 May 2021 | 2.02% | US$37.86 |
May 2021 against every May, 2005–2024
Ranked against May in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 2nd, median daily range 13th, high-low span 6th. Across those years the strongest May was 2009 (+10.42%) and the weakest 2012 (-6.22%).
May inside 2021
The median daily range in May 2021 was 1.249%, which is wider than the median for all of 2021 (1.167%; ratio 1.07). By median daily range it was the 4th widest of the 12 months of 2021. The full year is on the gold in 2021 page.
Weekend gaps in May 2021
4 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 7 May 2021: +0.12% (US$2.19). None reached 0.5%.
Every trading day of May 2021
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2021 | US$1,793.04 | +1.36% | US$31.87 |
| 4 May 2021 | US$1,779.28 | -0.77% | US$28.08 |
| 5 May 2021 | US$1,787.66 | +0.47% | US$17.48 |
| 6 May 2021 | US$1,815.22 | +1.54% | US$36.12 |
| 7 May 2021 | US$1,830.85 | +0.86% | US$30.45 |
| 10 May 2021 | US$1,835.54 | +0.26% | US$15.52 |
| 11 May 2021 | US$1,836.80 | +0.07% | US$23.71 |
| 12 May 2021 | US$1,816.11 | -1.13% | US$30.44 |
| 13 May 2021 | US$1,826.93 | +0.6% | US$20.03 |
| 14 May 2021 | US$1,842.56 | +0.86% | US$26.16 |
| 17 May 2021 | US$1,866.65 | +1.31% | US$24.89 |
| 18 May 2021 | US$1,869.64 | +0.16% | US$11.83 |
| 19 May 2021 | US$1,870.15 | +0.03% | US$37.86 |
| 20 May 2021 | US$1,877.28 | +0.38% | US$20.08 |
| 21 May 2021 | US$1,881.74 | +0.24% | US$19.31 |
| 24 May 2021 | US$1,881.35 | -0.02% | US$11.85 |
| 25 May 2021 | US$1,899.18 | +0.95% | US$27.50 |
| 26 May 2021 | US$1,896.50 | -0.14% | US$21.97 |
| 27 May 2021 | US$1,896.43 | -0% | US$15.39 |
| 28 May 2021 | US$1,903.18 | +0.36% | US$23.68 |
| 31 May 2021 | US$1,906.62 | +0.18% | US$8.51 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 19 May 2021, covered US$37.86 from high to low; the median day covered US$23.68. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$37.86 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in May 2021?
Up: the last close was US$1,906.62 on 31 May 2021, +7.78% (US$137.65) against US$1,768.97 on 30 Apr 2021.
What were gold's high and low in May 2021?
High US$1,912.74 on 26 May 2021, low US$1,766.04 on 3 May 2021, a span of US$146.70.
What was gold's biggest day in May 2021?
6 May 2021: +1.54% (US$27.56) close to close.