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Gold (XAUUSD) in October 2024: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended October 2024 up 4.15% at US$2,743.77. It traded between US$2,604.77 on 8 Oct 2024 and US$2,790.09 on 31 Oct 2024, and its biggest day was -1.56% on 31 Oct 2024. Its median daily range was calmer than gold's median for all of 2024.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 23 |
| First open (1 Oct 2024) | US$2,634.35 |
| Last close (31 Oct 2024) | US$2,743.77 |
| Close before the month (30 Sep 2024) | US$2,634.53 |
| Month change | +4.15% · US$109.24 |
| Month high (31 Oct 2024) | US$2,790.09 |
| Month low (8 Oct 2024) | US$2,604.77 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$185.32 · 7.03% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.54% |
| Median daily range | 1.035% · US$28.10 |
| Median daily range for all of 2024 | 1.242% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 7 / 0 |
| Up days / down days | 12 / 11 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 29 Oct 2024 | +1.17% | US$32.20 |
| Worst day | 31 Oct 2024 | -1.56% | -US$43.44 |
| Widest high-low day | 31 Oct 2024 | 2.1% | US$58.45 |
October 2024 against every October, 2005–2024
Ranked against October in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 4th, median daily range 16th, high-low span 10th. Across those years the strongest October was 2023 (+7.31%) and the weakest 2008 (-16.9%).
October inside 2024
The median daily range in October 2024 was 1.035%, which is calmer than the median for all of 2024 (1.242%; ratio 0.83). By median daily range it was the 10th widest of the 12 months of 2024. The full year is on the gold in 2024 page.
Weekend gaps in October 2024
4 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 25 Oct 2024: -0.53% (-US$14.69). Big gaps (0.5% or more) with their own page: 25 Oct 2024.
Every trading day of October 2024
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2024 | US$2,663.37 | +1.09% | US$40.91 |
| 2 Oct 2024 | US$2,658.67 | -0.18% | US$22.24 |
| 3 Oct 2024 | US$2,656.01 | -0.1% | US$25.89 |
| 4 Oct 2024 | US$2,653.57 | -0.09% | US$38.24 |
| 7 Oct 2024 | US$2,642.51 | -0.42% | US$21.87 |
| 8 Oct 2024 | US$2,621.85 | -0.78% | US$48.19 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | US$2,607.68 | -0.54% | US$19.13 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | US$2,630.05 | +0.86% | US$25.63 |
| 11 Oct 2024 | US$2,656.38 | +1% | US$33.38 |
| 14 Oct 2024 | US$2,648.52 | -0.3% | US$23.60 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | US$2,662.64 | +0.53% | US$30.63 |
| 16 Oct 2024 | US$2,673.64 | +0.41% | US$26.51 |
| 17 Oct 2024 | US$2,692.83 | +0.72% | US$23.59 |
| 18 Oct 2024 | US$2,721.91 | +1.08% | US$30.78 |
| 21 Oct 2024 | US$2,719.50 | -0.09% | US$26.29 |
| 22 Oct 2024 | US$2,748.81 | +1.08% | US$29.93 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | US$2,715.57 | -1.21% | US$49.69 |
| 24 Oct 2024 | US$2,735.84 | +0.75% | US$28.10 |
| 25 Oct 2024 | US$2,747.39 | +0.42% | US$30.53 |
| 28 Oct 2024 | US$2,742.24 | -0.19% | US$21.20 |
| 29 Oct 2024 | US$2,774.44 | +1.17% | US$34.95 |
| 30 Oct 2024 | US$2,787.21 | +0.46% | US$19.18 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | US$2,743.77 | -1.56% | US$58.45 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 31 Oct 2024, covered US$58.45 from high to low; the median day covered US$28.10. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$58.45 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in October 2024?
Up: the last close was US$2,743.77 on 31 Oct 2024, +4.15% (US$109.24) against US$2,634.53 on 30 Sep 2024.
What were gold's high and low in October 2024?
High US$2,790.09 on 31 Oct 2024, low US$2,604.77 on 8 Oct 2024, a span of US$185.32.
What was gold's biggest day in October 2024?
31 Oct 2024: -1.56% (-US$43.44) close to close.