GLD
SPDR Gold Shares
TECHSellZACKSHold
R500#256 today
$380.33
+1.15% today · +0.45% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Outperforming without a clear catalyst yet
- GLD +1.15% on the last session vs SPY +0.06%: +1.1 pts of stock-specific move.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Best and worst times to own GLD in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | +6.4% | #338 | Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | -10.3% | #157 |
| one week | Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | +11.5% | #323 | Mar 16, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | -12.2% | #226 |
| one month | Dec 29, 2025 | Jan 29, 2026 | +24.4% | #213 | Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | -16.1% | #293 |
| 3 months | Oct 29, 2025 | Jan 29, 2026 | +36.6% | #201 | Mar 10, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -21.6% | #236 |
| 6 months | Jul 28, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 | +61.9% | #127 | Jan 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | -25.3% | #158 |
| one year | Jan 29, 2025 | Jan 29, 2026 | +95.1% | #97 | Oct 15, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | -2.2% | #391 |
Rank #323 for the best one week means 322 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
Best one single day Feb 2, 2026 → Feb 3, 2026 +6.4% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best one week Jan 21, 2026 → Jan 28, 2026 +11.5% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 42 mentions vs 4.1/day the week before
Best one month Dec 29, 2025 → Jan 29, 2026 +24.4% · 4 events
- M Mention spike 46 mentions vs 5.4/day the week before
- M Mention spike 34 mentions vs 10.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 42 mentions vs 4.1/day the week before
- V Volume spike 3.6x average volume, +0.3% on the day
Best 3 months Oct 29, 2025 → Jan 29, 2026 +36.6% · 7 events
- M Mention spike 69 mentions vs 4.3/day the week before
- M Mention spike 29 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 46 mentions vs 5.4/day the week before
- M Mention spike 34 mentions vs 10.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 42 mentions vs 4.1/day the week before
- V Volume spike 3.6x average volume, +0.3% on the day
Best 6 months Jul 28, 2025 → Jan 28, 2026 +61.9% · 12 events
- M Mention spike 39 mentions vs 2.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 48 mentions vs 11.1/day the week before
- M Mention spike 26 mentions vs 6.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 53 mentions vs 13.1/day the week before
- M Mention spike 105 mentions vs 22.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, -1.9% on the day
- M Mention spike 69 mentions vs 4.3/day the week before
- M Mention spike 29 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 46 mentions vs 5.4/day the week before
- M Mention spike 34 mentions vs 10.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 42 mentions vs 4.1/day the week before
Best one year Jan 29, 2025 → Jan 29, 2026 +95.1% · 20 events
- M Mention spike 35 mentions vs 2.0/day the week before
- M Mention spike 53 mentions vs 5.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 41 mentions vs 6.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 6.7/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 7.0/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 3.7/day the week before
- M Mention spike 23 mentions vs 2.3/day the week before
- M Mention spike 39 mentions vs 2.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 48 mentions vs 11.1/day the week before
- M Mention spike 26 mentions vs 6.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 53 mentions vs 13.1/day the week before
- M Mention spike 105 mentions vs 22.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, -1.9% on the day
- M Mention spike 69 mentions vs 4.3/day the week before
- M Mention spike 29 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 21 mentions vs 3.6/day the week before
- M Mention spike 46 mentions vs 5.4/day the week before
- M Mention spike 34 mentions vs 10.9/day the week before
- M Mention spike 42 mentions vs 4.1/day the week before
- V Volume spike 3.6x average volume, +0.3% on the day
Worst one single day Jan 29, 2026 → Jan 30, 2026 -10.3% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 3.6x average volume, +0.3% on the day
Worst one week Mar 16, 2026 → Mar 23, 2026 -12.2% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 22 mentions vs 6.4/day the week before
Worst one month Feb 26, 2026 → Mar 26, 2026 -16.1% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 22 mentions vs 6.4/day the week before
Worst 3 months Mar 10, 2026 → Jun 10, 2026 -21.6% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 22 mentions vs 6.4/day the week before
Worst 6 months Jan 28, 2026 → Jul 28, 2026 -25.3% · 3 events
- V Volume spike 3.6x average volume, +0.3% on the day
- M Mention spike 23 mentions vs 6.1/day the week before
- M Mention spike 22 mentions vs 6.4/day the week before
Worst one year Oct 15, 2024 → Dec 30, 2024 -2.1% · 0 events
None recorded.
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+1.2% | +0.5% | -3.5% | +2.1% | -13.6% | -1.8% |
| Best one single day Feb 2, 2026 |
-4.0% | -8.1% | +7.2% | +16.0% | +38.2% | +65.2% |
| Best one week Jan 21, 2026 |
+1.5% | +4.1% | +11.2% | +17.6% | +41.7% | +75.2% |
| Best one month Dec 29, 2025 |
-4.4% | -2.4% | +2.8% | +13.1% | +32.3% | +65.1% |
| Best 3 months Oct 29, 2025 |
-0.4% | -3.8% | +3.0% | +18.5% | +18.6% | +41.7% |
| Best 6 months Jul 28, 2025 |
-0.6% | -2.5% | +1.4% | -1.2% | +19.7% | +38.4% |
| Best one year Jan 29, 2025 |
-0.4% | -0.1% | +5.3% | -0.7% | +15.4% | +35.0% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.