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Gold (XAUUSD) in January 2022: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended January 2022 down 1.7% at US$1,796.88. It traded between US$1,780.30 on 28 Jan 2022 and US$1,853.90 on 25 Jan 2022, and its biggest day was -1.56% on 26 Jan 2022. Its median daily range was much calmer than gold's median for all of 2022.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 21 |
| First open (3 Jan 2022) | US$1,830.63 |
| Last close (31 Jan 2022) | US$1,796.88 |
| Close before the month (31 Dec 2021) | US$1,827.95 |
| Month change | -1.7% · -US$31.07 |
| Month high (25 Jan 2022) | US$1,853.90 |
| Month low (28 Jan 2022) | US$1,780.30 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$73.60 · 4.03% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.297% |
| Median daily range | 0.934% · US$16.99 |
| Median daily range for all of 2022 | 1.273% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 6 / 0 |
| Up days / down days | 10 / 11 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 19 Jan 2022 | +1.48% | US$26.93 |
| Worst day | 26 Jan 2022 | -1.56% | -US$28.85 |
| Widest high-low day | 26 Jan 2022 | 1.9% | US$35.03 |
January 2022 against every January, 2005–2024
Ranked against January in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 17th, median daily range 18th, high-low span 18th. Across those years the strongest January was 2008 (+11.14%) and the weakest 2011 (-5.38%).
January inside 2022
The median daily range in January 2022 was 0.934%, which is much calmer than the median for all of 2022 (1.273%; ratio 0.73). By median daily range it was the 12th widest of the 12 months of 2022. The full year is on the gold in 2022 page.
Weekend gaps in January 2022
4 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 28 Jan 2022: -0.15% (-US$2.62). None reached 0.5%.
Every trading day of January 2022
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2022 | US$1,801.20 | -1.46% | US$33.50 |
| 4 Jan 2022 | US$1,814.36 | +0.73% | US$18.23 |
| 5 Jan 2022 | US$1,810.53 | -0.21% | US$21.28 |
| 6 Jan 2022 | US$1,789.72 | -1.15% | US$25.08 |
| 7 Jan 2022 | US$1,796.30 | +0.37% | US$15.99 |
| 10 Jan 2022 | US$1,801.69 | +0.3% | US$11.96 |
| 11 Jan 2022 | US$1,821.43 | +1.1% | US$23.28 |
| 12 Jan 2022 | US$1,826.14 | +0.26% | US$13.30 |
| 13 Jan 2022 | US$1,822.71 | -0.19% | US$15.79 |
| 14 Jan 2022 | US$1,817.54 | -0.28% | US$14.48 |
| 17 Jan 2022 | US$1,819.11 | +0.09% | US$9.97 |
| 18 Jan 2022 | US$1,813.70 | -0.3% | US$16.99 |
| 19 Jan 2022 | US$1,840.63 | +1.48% | US$33.07 |
| 20 Jan 2022 | US$1,839.53 | -0.06% | US$11.97 |
| 21 Jan 2022 | US$1,834.63 | -0.27% | US$14.85 |
| 24 Jan 2022 | US$1,843.16 | +0.46% | US$14.66 |
| 25 Jan 2022 | US$1,847.69 | +0.25% | US$18.96 |
| 26 Jan 2022 | US$1,818.84 | -1.56% | US$35.03 |
| 27 Jan 2022 | US$1,796.70 | -1.22% | US$30.28 |
| 28 Jan 2022 | US$1,791.58 | -0.28% | US$19.12 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | US$1,796.88 | +0.3% | US$14.32 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 26 Jan 2022, covered US$35.03 from high to low; the median day covered US$16.99. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$35.03 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in January 2022?
Down: the last close was US$1,796.88 on 31 Jan 2022, -1.7% (-US$31.07) against US$1,827.95 on 31 Dec 2021.
What were gold's high and low in January 2022?
High US$1,853.90 on 25 Jan 2022, low US$1,780.30 on 28 Jan 2022, a span of US$73.60.
What was gold's biggest day in January 2022?
26 Jan 2022: -1.56% (-US$28.85) close to close.