Gold
2026Positive: 108 / 235
Gold Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 108 / 235.
- Best
- +4.39 %
- Worst
- -4.41 %
Performance Calendar
The performance calendar visualizes the daily price change of a precious metal over an entire calendar year. Each individual cell in the heatmap represents exactly one trading day (Monday through Friday). Weekends and holidays when no trading takes place are omitted.
The color of each cell encodes both the direction and the magnitude of the daily change compared to the previous day:
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Precious Metals
Gold and silver move little on most days and sharply on a few — in the calendar that shows up as a largely pale field with isolated strong swings. Platinum and palladium fluctuate considerably more, because their demand hangs on industry. Rhodium, ruthenium and iridium are traded on no exchange at all: their prices are dealer quotations that often stand unchanged for days and then jump in a single step. Long grey stretches there are not a measurement error, but the price formation itself.
Gold
2026Positive: 108 / 235
Gold Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 108 / 235.
- Best
- +4.39 %
- Worst
- -4.41 %
Silver
2026Positive: 112 / 235
Silver Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 112 / 235.
- Best
- +7.90 %
- Worst
- -9.03 %
Platinum
2026Positive: 114 / 235
Platinum Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 114 / 235.
- Best
- +6.47 %
- Worst
- -9.55 %
Palladium
2026Positive: 103 / 235
Palladium Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 103 / 235.
- Best
- +7.43 %
- Worst
- -7.42 %
Rhodium
2026Positive: 67 / 222
Rhodium Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 67 / 222.
- Best
- +5.15 %
- Worst
- -6.64 %
As of 2023
DetailsRuthenium
2026Positive: 22 / 222
Ruthenium Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 22 / 222.
- Best
- +17.11 %
- Worst
- -1.61 %
As of 2023
DetailsIridium
2026Positive: 42 / 222
Iridium Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 42 / 222.
- Best
- +8.18 %
- Worst
- -2.86 %
As of 2023
DetailsIndustrial Metals
These six trade on the London Metal Exchange and follow the business cycle, not fear. Their calendars accordingly look different from gold's: more medium-strength days, fewer quiet phases, and in years with supply-chain problems whole weeks in one colour. Copper is regarded as a barometer of the economy — wherever building and manufacturing happen, copper is consumed.
Copper
2026Positive: 114 / 235
Copper Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 114 / 235.
- Best
- +4.10 %
- Worst
- -4.76 %
Aluminium
2026Positive: 86 / 167
Aluminium Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 86 / 167.
- Best
- +4.71 %
- Worst
- -5.08 %
Nickel
2026Positive: 81 / 167
Nickel Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 81 / 167.
- Best
- +6.47 %
- Worst
- -8.33 %
Zinc
2026Positive: 85 / 167
Zinc Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 85 / 167.
- Best
- +3.73 %
- Worst
- -4.06 %
As of 2023
DetailsTin
2026Positive: 117 / 222
Tin Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 117 / 222.
- Best
- +10.10 %
- Worst
- -13.11 %
As of 2023
DetailsLead
2026Positive: 60 / 167
Lead Price Performance Calendar — Daily Heatmap 2026: Positive 60 / 167.
- Best
- +2.50 %
- Worst
- -2.74 %
As of 2021
DetailsReading the heatmap correctly
A heatmap is more than a colorful overview — it reveals patterns that remain invisible in pure numerical data. The key is not to look at individual cells in isolation, but to recognize connections and clusters.
Identifying trends and phases
Connected blocks of the same color reveal the prevailing market phase. An uninterrupted series of green cells over several weeks indicates an uptrend — the price rose day after day, or at least on most trading days. Conversely, a red block signals a correction phase. Particularly revealing are the transitions: where does green abruptly switch to red? This often marks a local high.
Shock days and extreme movements
Individual, intensely colored cells amid an otherwise calm phase point to external shock events. Examples from recent history: the Lehman collapse in September 2008, the COVID panic in March 2020, or geopolitical escalations. Such days can be immediately identified in the heatmap and cross-referenced with historical events.
Identifying sideways markets
When green, red, and gray cells alternate without a clear direction emerging, the market is in a sideways phase (consolidation). During such periods, the price moves within a narrow range. For long-term investors, these phases are neutral; for traders, they offer little momentum.
Comparing years
Use the year selector to analyze different calendars side by side. For example, compare 2020 (the COVID year) with 2019 (a calm environment): the density and intensity of green and red cells differs fundamentally. Such comparisons sharpen your understanding of how strongly crises and market phases influence daily price development.