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Gold (XAUUSD) in May 2024: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended May 2024 up 1.8% at US$2,327.46. It traded between US$2,277.38 on 3 May 2024 and US$2,450.07 on 20 May 2024, and its biggest day was -2.1% on 23 May 2024. Its median daily range was wider than gold's median for all of 2024.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 23 |
| First open (1 May 2024) | US$2,286.76 |
| Last close (31 May 2024) | US$2,327.46 |
| Close before the month (30 Apr 2024) | US$2,286.30 |
| Month change | +1.8% · US$41.16 |
| Month high (20 May 2024) | US$2,450.07 |
| Month low (3 May 2024) | US$2,277.38 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$172.69 · 7.55% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.689% |
| Median daily range | 1.419% · US$33.28 |
| Median daily range for all of 2024 | 1.242% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 7 / 1 |
| Up days / down days | 12 / 11 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 9 May 2024 | +1.61% | US$37.19 |
| Worst day | 23 May 2024 | -2.1% | -US$50.03 |
| Widest high-low day | 23 May 2024 | 2.4% | US$56.98 |
May 2024 against every May, 2005–2024
Ranked against May in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 5th, median daily range 8th, high-low span 9th. Across those years the strongest May was 2009 (+10.42%) and the weakest 2012 (-6.22%).
May inside 2024
The median daily range in May 2024 was 1.419%, which is wider than the median for all of 2024 (1.242%; ratio 1.14). By median daily range it was the 3rd widest of the 12 months of 2024. The full year is on the gold in 2024 page.
Weekend gaps in May 2024
5 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 17 May 2024: +0.19% (US$4.49). None reached 0.5%.
Every trading day of May 2024
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2024 | US$2,319.48 | +1.45% | US$46.57 |
| 2 May 2024 | US$2,303.51 | -0.69% | US$40.93 |
| 3 May 2024 | US$2,301.67 | -0.08% | US$43.21 |
| 6 May 2024 | US$2,323.76 | +0.96% | US$40.20 |
| 7 May 2024 | US$2,313.83 | -0.43% | US$19.87 |
| 8 May 2024 | US$2,308.83 | -0.22% | US$17.60 |
| 9 May 2024 | US$2,346.02 | +1.61% | US$40.44 |
| 10 May 2024 | US$2,360.47 | +0.62% | US$33.28 |
| 13 May 2024 | US$2,336.14 | -1.03% | US$32.31 |
| 14 May 2024 | US$2,358.00 | +0.94% | US$24.77 |
| 15 May 2024 | US$2,385.76 | +1.18% | US$38.39 |
| 16 May 2024 | US$2,376.72 | -0.38% | US$26.23 |
| 17 May 2024 | US$2,413.84 | +1.56% | US$48.69 |
| 20 May 2024 | US$2,426.22 | +0.51% | US$42.67 |
| 21 May 2024 | US$2,420.88 | -0.22% | US$27.40 |
| 22 May 2024 | US$2,378.58 | -1.75% | US$51.53 |
| 23 May 2024 | US$2,328.55 | -2.1% | US$56.98 |
| 24 May 2024 | US$2,333.86 | +0.23% | US$21.91 |
| 27 May 2024 | US$2,350.08 | +0.69% | US$26.84 |
| 28 May 2024 | US$2,361.13 | +0.47% | US$23.82 |
| 29 May 2024 | US$2,338.00 | -0.98% | US$28.05 |
| 30 May 2024 | US$2,342.98 | +0.21% | US$29.03 |
| 31 May 2024 | US$2,327.46 | -0.66% | US$39.20 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 23 May 2024, covered US$56.98 from high to low; the median day covered US$33.28. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$56.98 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in May 2024?
Up: the last close was US$2,327.46 on 31 May 2024, +1.8% (US$41.16) against US$2,286.30 on 30 Apr 2024.
What were gold's high and low in May 2024?
High US$2,450.07 on 20 May 2024, low US$2,277.38 on 3 May 2024, a span of US$172.69.
What was gold's biggest day in May 2024?
23 May 2024: -2.1% (-US$50.03) close to close.