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Gold (XAUUSD) in July 2022: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended July 2022 down 2.28% at US$1,766.00. It traded between US$1,680.84 on 21 Jul 2022 and US$1,814.26 on 4 Jul 2022, and its biggest day was -2.4% on 5 Jul 2022. Its median daily range was about the same as gold's median for all of 2022.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 21 |
| First open (1 Jul 2022) | US$1,806.65 |
| Last close (29 Jul 2022) | US$1,766.00 |
| Close before the month (30 Jun 2022) | US$1,807.16 |
| Month change | -2.28% · -US$41.16 |
| Month high (4 Jul 2022) | US$1,814.26 |
| Month low (21 Jul 2022) | US$1,680.84 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$133.42 · 7.38% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.484% |
| Median daily range | 1.245% · US$21.51 |
| Median daily range for all of 2022 | 1.273% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 5 / 1 |
| Up days / down days | 11 / 10 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 21 Jul 2022 | +1.28% | US$21.67 |
| Worst day | 5 Jul 2022 | -2.4% | -US$43.32 |
| Widest high-low day | 5 Jul 2022 | 2.66% | US$48.18 |
July 2022 against every July, 2005–2024
Ranked against July in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 16th, median daily range 9th, high-low span 7th. Across those years the strongest July was 2020 (+10.92%) and the weakest 2015 (-6.52%).
July inside 2022
The median daily range in July 2022 was 1.245%, which is about the same as the median for all of 2022 (1.273%; ratio 0.98). By median daily range it was the 5th widest of the 12 months of 2022. The full year is on the gold in 2022 page.
Weekend gaps in July 2022
5 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 1 Jul 2022: +0.14% (US$2.47). None reached 0.5%.
Every trading day of July 2022
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2022 | US$1,808.94 | +0.1% | US$24.87 |
| 4 Jul 2022 | US$1,807.90 | -0.06% | US$10.27 |
| 5 Jul 2022 | US$1,764.58 | -2.4% | US$48.18 |
| 6 Jul 2022 | US$1,739.08 | -1.45% | US$40.61 |
| 7 Jul 2022 | US$1,740.09 | +0.06% | US$12.62 |
| 8 Jul 2022 | US$1,742.45 | +0.14% | US$19.50 |
| 11 Jul 2022 | US$1,734.02 | -0.48% | US$13.14 |
| 12 Jul 2022 | US$1,726.09 | -0.46% | US$20.97 |
| 13 Jul 2022 | US$1,735.49 | +0.54% | US$38.39 |
| 14 Jul 2022 | US$1,709.72 | -1.48% | US$38.67 |
| 15 Jul 2022 | US$1,707.32 | -0.14% | US$17.53 |
| 18 Jul 2022 | US$1,708.99 | +0.1% | US$18.01 |
| 19 Jul 2022 | US$1,711.56 | +0.15% | US$13.04 |
| 20 Jul 2022 | US$1,696.53 | -0.88% | US$22.00 |
| 21 Jul 2022 | US$1,718.20 | +1.28% | US$39.48 |
| 22 Jul 2022 | US$1,727.38 | +0.53% | US$26.41 |
| 25 Jul 2022 | US$1,719.64 | -0.45% | US$21.51 |
| 26 Jul 2022 | US$1,717.20 | -0.14% | US$14.56 |
| 27 Jul 2022 | US$1,734.33 | +1% | US$28.80 |
| 28 Jul 2022 | US$1,755.83 | +1.24% | US$23.05 |
| 29 Jul 2022 | US$1,766.00 | +0.58% | US$15.95 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 5 Jul 2022, covered US$48.18 from high to low; the median day covered US$21.51. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$48.18 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in July 2022?
Down: the last close was US$1,766.00 on 29 Jul 2022, -2.28% (-US$41.16) against US$1,807.16 on 30 Jun 2022.
What were gold's high and low in July 2022?
High US$1,814.26 on 4 Jul 2022, low US$1,680.84 on 21 Jul 2022, a span of US$133.42.
What was gold's biggest day in July 2022?
5 Jul 2022: -2.4% (-US$43.32) close to close.