The average December path bottoms around day 14 and peaks around day 26
The average path’s low is −1.32% from the start and its high is +2.17%. Over the whole month the average path ends 2.06% above its first close.
What gold usually does in December, drawn from every December since 2000
The chart opens on the latest December. Choose any year to see how gold moved day by day against the average path.
Gold seasonality GC=F
Indexed to 100 on the first trading day
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The Average and Natural Cycle lines are stretched to the high and low of the bars, so their turns line up with the price. Their height shows shape only.
Every December in the record
- Average path, start to end
- +2.06%
- Average path low
- Day 14
- Average path high
- Day 26
- Best December
- +14.07% in 2008
- Worst December
- −9.77% in 2011
Each month is indexed to 100 at the close of its first trading day. Prices are the daily closes of COMEX gold futures (GC=F). The Natural Cycle is our own model. Education, not financial advice.
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The gold line on this chart is our Natural Cycle model. The Forecaster gives you the full-year curve for gold, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, drawn for every day of every month, with a monthly edition that checks each curve against the market.
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