iShares Gold Trust (IAU)

iShares Gold Trust is trading at $81.90, down 1.46% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $78.14 and the 200 day at $n/a, which puts the stock in a mixed technical position. RSI is at 63.3, which reads as strong, and MACD is bullish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $76.21 with resistance near $82.40, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $1.42, or about 1.7% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 74 out of 100 combines a trend score of 64, momentum of 84 and a risk score of 77.

The Trust seeks to reflect such performance before payment of the Trust’s expenses and liabilities. It is not actively managed. The Trust does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or to ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of gold. The advisor intends to constitute a simple and cost-effective means of making an investment similar to an investment in gold. An investment in physical gold requires expensive and sometimes complicated arrangements in connection with the assay, transportation, warehousing and insurance of the metal.