Key facts, as of
As of November 2, 2026, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) trades at $361.65, down 1.8% over the past year. Its 52-week range runs from $354.67 to $509.70; the price is 29.0% below that high. It is 29.0% below its all-time high of $509.70, reached in January 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +191.8%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY). It sits 12.4% below its 200-day average of $412.61, and its 50-day average is below the 200-day too: a downtrend on both averages. Its 30-day volatility is 21.7% annualized, which we rate medium risk.
Cite: Portfolio Terminal, "SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) stock analysis", 2026-11-02. https://portfolio-terminal.com/analyse/gld
Where it trades today
trading 5% of the way up its 52-week range
How the price has moved
How far it is from its record
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) is 29.0% below its all-time high of $509.70, reached in January 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +191.8%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY).
The read, from its own figures
What its numbers say
- GLD closes below its 50-day average ($389.34), and the 50-day sits below the 200-day ($412.61): on both averages the chart reads as a downtrend.
- At $361.65, GLD is 29.0% below its 1-year high of $509.70, set on January 29, 2026, and 2.0% above its 1-year low of $354.67 (October 30, 2026).
- Over the past month GLD fell 4.7%, from $379.55 to $361.65.
- GLD's 30-day volatility, 21.7% a year, works out to a typical daily move of about 1.4%.
What would change the read
- A close above the 50-day average, $389.34 (+7.7%), would turn the read to a rebound; an uptrend also needs the 50-day to climb 6.0% to cross the 200-day at $412.61.
- A close above $509.70 (+40.9%) would be a new 1-year high; below $354.67 (−1.9%), a new 1-year low.
How it is computed
- Prices are Yahoo Finance's daily candles for GLD, the same ones the chart below draws; the P/E, forward P/E and beta are Yahoo Finance quote fields.
- The averages are simple means of the last 50 and 200 closes; the 1-year high and low are the highest high and lowest low of the last 252 sessions; the 30-day volatility is the standard deviation of the past month's daily returns, annualized with the square root of 252.
- Every sentence here is written by code from those figures, refreshed daily; nobody edits it for GLD by hand. It describes what the price and the multiples have done, not what they will do, and it is not advice.
Sources
What this fund is
The Trust holds gold bars and from time to time, issues Baskets in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Sponsor believes that, for many investors, the Shares represent a cost-effective investment in gold.
At 0.4% a year, $10,000 left for 30 years at 7% before fees would end $8,624 lower than with no fee, counting what the fee would have earned. Compare it with other funds
What the chart is saying
In a downtrend, below both moving averages.
downtrend- Price is 7.1% below its 50-day average and 12.4% below its 200-day.
- The 50-day crossed below the 200-day on 2026-06-30 (a “death cross”).
- RSI at 37 is neither stretched nor washed out.
- The nearest ceiling is $365.49 (+1.1%).
A description of the chart, not advice. Indicators describe what the price has done; none of them knows what it does next.
Questions people ask about it
What is the risk level of GLD?
Based on 30-day volatility of 21.7%, GLD has MEDIUM risk.
How far is GLD from its all-time high?
SPDR Gold Shares is 29.0% below its all-time high of $509.70, reached in January 2026. Over the 10 years to the end of October 2026, with dividends reinvested, it returned +191.8%, against +316.3% for the S&P 500 (SPY).
Compare GLD with anything
Five years side by side: what $10,000 became, how far each fell, whether they move together.
