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date stringdate 1971-01-31 00:00:00 2026-09-30 00:00:00	score int64 1 77	pillars_used int64 2 6	real_rates float64 0.19 99.7	entry_price float64 0.21 79.6	structural_demand float64 0.93 91.7 ⌀	dollar float64 1.42 90.8 ⌀	positioning float64 2.02 99.7 ⌀	volatility float64 0.25 99.6 ⌀	fwd_1y_nominal float64 -0.36 1.97 ⌀	fwd_1y_real float64 -0.43 1.61 ⌀	fwd_3y_nominal float64 -0.4 4.11 ⌀	fwd_3y_real float64 -0.5 2.85 ⌀	fwd_5y_nominal float64 -0.55 3.68 ⌀	fwd_5y_real float64 -0.67 2.05 ⌀	fwd_10y_nominal float64 -0.44 13.7 ⌀	fwd_10y_real float64 -0.64 5.71 ⌀	maxdd_1y float64 -0.39 0 ⌀	maxdd_3y float64 -0.53 0 ⌀	maxdd_5y float64 -0.56 0 ⌀	maxdd_10y float64 -0.56 0 ⌀	dca_vs_lump_5y_diff_pct float64 -36.47 33.2 ⌀
1971-01-31	77	2	96.759259	53.238636	null	null	null	null	0.210526	0.17233	2.394737	1.894231	2.447368	1.465054	13.657895	5.706995	0	0	0	0	-6.9468
1971-02-28	77	2	96.759259	51.738981	null	null	null	null	0.230769	0.186176	2.846154	2.24443	2.358974	1.397551	11.820513	4.812937	0	0	0	0	-5.9855
1971-03-31	65	2	79.545455	47.560864	null	null	null	null	0.230769	0.189149	3.307692	2.604763	2.410256	1.435897	11.794872	4.776466	0	0	0	0	-7.548
1971-04-30	69	2	85.135135	48.69467	null	null	null	null	0.25641	0.214025	3.410256	2.676742	2.282051	1.345994	11.717949	4.723791	0	0	0	0	-9.1105
1971-05-31	61	2	70.089286	50.515892	null	null	null	null	0.341463	0.299543	2.97561	2.296648	2.097561	1.213328	10.707317	4.259809	-0.02439	-0.02439	-0.02439	-0.02439	-6.2374
1971-06-30	52	2	57.079646	45.448175	null	null	null	null	0.55	0.505396	2.85	2.182143	2.15	1.25	10.525	4.157597	0	0	0	0	-10.5937
1971-07-31	50	2	53.070175	46.86853	null	null	null	null	0.609756	0.563543	2.487805	1.87231	1.878049	1.049979	8.97561	3.426336	0	0	0	0	-11.3895
1971-08-31	47	2	48.26087	44.461989	null	null	null	null	0.55814	0.513515	2.604651	1.940066	1.55814	0.817038	8.534884	3.209	-0.023256	-0.023256	-0.023256	-0.023256	-10.3776
1971-09-30	47	2	52.155172	39.69308	null	null	null	null	0.547619	0.49983	2.619048	1.918125	1.714286	0.922619	9.571429	3.632807	0	0	0	0	-15.3775
1971-10-31	51	2	55.128205	45.025153	null	null	null	null	0.511628	0.465061	2.697674	1.96539	1.697674	0.905611	9.186047	3.460485	0	0	0	0	-16.3816
1971-11-30	49	2	53.813559	43.362676	null	null	null	null	0.465116	0.41674	3.232558	2.369609	2.023256	1.133451	8.604651	3.198195	0	0	0	0	-19.2021
1971-12-31	46	2	48.739496	43.565499	null	null	null	null	0.488372	0.439343	3.27907	2.388628	2.116279	1.193135	8.534884	3.164545	0	0	0	0	-21.8476
1972-01-31	36	2	28.75	45.754419	null	null	null	null	0.413043	0.363405	2.826087	2.014049	1.869565	1.014073	7.347826	2.643331	0	0	0	0	-19.3202
1972-02-29	34	2	28.75	41.203269	null	null	null	null	0.541667	0.484302	2.75	1.951521	1.833333	0.978078	6.791667	2.406283	0	0	0	0	-18.3542
1972-03-31	32	2	47.95082	12.001636	null	null	null	null	0.75	0.669355	2.708333	1.90767	2.083333	1.141779	5.875	2.005544	0	0	0	0	-21.2822
1972-04-30	26	2	36.178862	12.738095	null	null	null	null	0.857143	0.763648	2.469388	1.716596	2.040816	1.103231	6.142857	2.120301	0	0	0	0	-23.288
1972-05-31	15	2	22.177419	5.787957	null	null	null	null	0.854545	0.757382	2.036364	1.378771	1.672727	0.846934	5.072727	1.634259	0	0	0	0	-18.2118
1972-06-30	7	2	11.6	0.350267	null	null	null	null	0.935484	0.826011	1.645161	1.061743	1.274194	0.567502	4.080645	1.184154	0	0	0	0	-12.131
1972-07-31	1	2	1.984127	0.347826	null	null	null	null	0.818182	0.719457	1.5	0.935185	1.166667	0.489583	4.136364	1.202051	-0.045455	-0.045455	-0.045455	-0.045455	-10.7497
1972-08-31	1	2	1.968504	0.345419	null	null	null	null	0.597015	0.486998	1.432836	0.880735	1.164179	0.48411	4.432836	1.329947	-0.059701	-0.059701	-0.059701	-0.059701	-13.2042
1972-09-30	1	2	1.171875	0.878759	null	null	null	null	0.584615	0.475936	1.215385	0.708199	1.307692	0.584891	5.723077	1.897047	-0.030769	-0.030769	-0.030769	-0.030769	-18.8174
1972-10-31	2	2	1.162791	2.058128	null	null	null	null	0.538462	0.423752	1.2	0.691075	1.446154	0.675774	5.492308	1.792817	-0.030769	-0.030769	-0.030769	-0.030769	-21.8919
1972-11-30	2	2	1.923077	2.896927	null	null	null	null	0.507937	0.392952	1.253968	0.728178	1.571429	0.758525	5.587302	1.850016	0	0	0	0	-27.1221
1972-12-31	11	2	17.175573	4.221746	null	null	null	null	0.671875	0.534658	1.171875	0.660156	1.5	0.705457	5.953125	2.024645	0	0	0	0	-28.8169
1973-01-31	10	2	14.772727	4.393697	null	null	null	null	0.984615	0.81075	1.015385	0.542239	1.661538	0.812563	6.4	2.227579	0	0	0	0	-31.1059
1973-02-28	11	2	14.772727	5.407825	null	null	null	null	1.027027	0.842752	0.77027	0.361746	1.405405	0.641785	5.635135	1.911335	0	0	0	0	-26.2735
1973-03-31	14	2	24.253731	1.870557	null	null	null	null	1	0.8159	0.583333	0.227083	1.190476	0.499474	4	1.212029	0	0	0	0	-21.1033
1973-04-30	37	2	66.296296	0.837505	null	null	null	null	0.89011	0.71721	0.406593	0.095689	0.923077	0.315156	3.758242	1.104607	0	0	0	0	-19.0424
1973-05-31	47	2	83.455882	0.494088	null	null	null	null	0.598039	0.443496	0.245098	-0.030855	0.72549	0.174403	3.294118	0.90032	-0.068627	-0.068627	-0.068627	-0.068627	-13.6552
1973-06-30	48	2	85.766423	0.49085	null	null	null	null	0.283333	0.157619	0.05	-0.181481	0.533333	0.042667	2.441667	0.530399	-0.208333	-0.208333	-0.208333	-0.208333	-2.0868
1973-07-31	53	2	96.014493	0.320988	null	null	null	null	0.191667	0.068391	-0.016667	-0.237485	0.575	0.062824	2.358333	0.487358	-0.208333	-0.208333	-0.208333	-0.208333	-3.9266
1973-08-31	45	2	80.215827	1.134563	null	null	null	null	0.448598	0.306351	0.028037	-0.192641	0.925234	0.314651	2.88785	0.747785	-0.11215	-0.11215	-0.11215	-0.11215	-15.5297
1973-09-30	57	2	99.642857	3.2293	null	null	null	null	0.475728	0.318239	0.106796	-0.131472	1.058252	0.398993	3	0.800797	-0.07767	-0.07767	-0.07767	-0.07767	-21.1716
1973-10-31	57	2	99.64539	4.795009	null	null	null	null	0.59	0.421647	0.16	-0.086425	1.27	0.542653	2.94	0.782381	-0.05	-0.05	-0.05	-0.05	-26.0758
1973-11-30	58	2	99.647887	7.013769	null	null	null	null	0.915789	0.707471	0.368421	0.081076	1.168421	0.474526	3.021053	0.825582	0	0	0	0	-32.7096
1973-12-31	61	2	99.65035	12.56809	null	null	null	null	0.719626	0.534079	0.252336	-0.007137	0.943925	0.325534	2.626168	0.655736	0	0	0	0	-28.6965
1974-01-31	58	2	99.652778	5.025183	null	null	null	null	0.364341	0.220864	0.023256	-0.184184	0.75969	0.202241	1.875969	0.31827	0	-0.147287	-0.147287	-0.147287	-18.2403
1974-02-28	57	2	99.652778	2.772407	null	null	null	null	0.2	0.079087	-0.093333	-0.276807	0.64	0.120983	1.573333	0.186342	-0.046667	-0.266667	-0.266667	-0.266667	-7.5182
1974-03-31	56	2	99.657534	0.77997	null	null	null	null	0.059524	-0.04081	-0.119048	-0.293464	0.440476	-0.014953	1.345238	0.08943	-0.14881	-0.345238	-0.345238	-0.345238	2.0241
1974-04-30	55	2	98.979592	0.77513	null	null	null	null	-0.011628	-0.103006	-0.133721	-0.305533	0.389535	-0.053306	1.215116	0.031434	-0.168605	-0.360465	-0.360465	-0.360465	3.9739
1974-05-31	55	2	97.635135	1.551599	null	null	null	null	0.02454	-0.062286	-0.09816	-0.271936	0.582822	0.077383	1.312883	0.08605	-0.122699	-0.325153	-0.325153	-0.325153	-1.3737
1974-06-30	57	2	99.66443	4.293972	null	null	null	null	0.064935	-0.024639	-0.084416	-0.258452	0.811688	0.229539	1.454545	0.159814	-0.071429	-0.285714	-0.285714	-0.285714	-7.0079
1974-07-31	59	2	99.666667	8.237548	null	null	null	null	0.153846	0.053419	0	-0.189145	1.062937	0.393189	1.433566	0.152496	0	-0.230769	-0.230769	-0.230769	-14.122
1974-08-31	61	2	99.668874	11.694128	null	null	null	null	0.051613	-0.031818	-0.064516	-0.235996	0.941935	0.314825	1.245161	0.073118	-0.019355	-0.290323	-0.290323	-0.290323	-8.1198
1974-09-30	57	2	96.381579	8.269817	null	null	null	null	-0.052632	-0.122036	-0.013158	-0.185413	1.335526	0.588409	1.236842	0.081034	-0.052632	-0.276316	-0.276316	-0.276316	-10.2992
1974-10-31	60	2	99.673203	10.321007	null	null	null	null	-0.100629	-0.164519	0	-0.172078	1.465409	0.672019	1.144654	0.040698	-0.100629	-0.308176	-0.308176	-0.308176	-5.684
1974-11-30	59	2	99.675325	8.17145	null	null	null	null	-0.21978	-0.273394	-0.10989	-0.260635	1.153846	0.459514	0.879121	-0.080962	-0.21978	-0.395604	-0.395604	-0.395604	9.0265
1974-12-31	57	2	99.677419	3.562707	null	null	null	null	-0.244565	-0.294837	-0.130435	-0.275595	1.472826	0.668916	0.73913	-0.144447	-0.244565	-0.402174	-0.402174	-0.402174	12.5978
1975-01-31	58	2	99.679487	5.178571	null	null	null	null	-0.255682	-0.302368	-0.017045	-0.180087	2.835227	1.571569	0.721591	-0.148163	-0.255682	-0.375	-0.375	-0.375	10.2828
1975-02-28	60	2	99.679487	10.475838	null	null	null	null	-0.272222	-0.315186	-0.011111	-0.174356	2.694444	1.459845	0.661111	-0.178039	-0.272222	-0.388889	-0.388889	-0.388889	15.7169
1975-03-31	59	2	96.518987	12.559793	null	null	null	null	-0.252809	-0.295506	0.033708	-0.13912	2.11236	1.051593	0.764045	-0.127888	-0.264045	-0.382022	-0.382022	-0.382022	17.5135
1975-04-30	59	2	92.138365	18.315598	null	null	null	null	-0.247059	-0.288665	0.029412	-0.146184	2.041176	0.992365	0.923529	-0.047224	-0.247059	-0.352941	-0.352941	-0.352941	14.9249
1975-05-31	66	2	89.6875	36.030713	null	null	null	null	-0.239521	-0.284017	0.053892	-0.132377	2.077844	1.00041	0.892216	-0.062718	-0.239521	-0.341317	-0.341317	-0.341317	15.5829
1975-06-30	60	2	87.888199	24.080612	null	null	null	null	-0.231707	-0.275068	0.121951	-0.076548	2.664634	1.37646	0.932927	-0.038032	-0.231707	-0.329268	-0.329268	-0.329268	16.0841
1975-07-31	65	2	88.580247	36.512792	null	null	null	null	-0.284848	-0.322488	0.145455	-0.055656	2.89697	1.547656	0.921212	-0.036718	-0.284848	-0.333333	-0.333333	-0.333333	19.3205
1975-08-31	65	2	88.650307	34.430099	null	null	null	null	-0.325153	-0.361663	0.263804	0.039426	2.846626	1.505855	1.02454	0.016961	-0.325153	-0.325153	-0.325153	-0.325153	21.1531
1975-09-30	64	2	85.670732	37.626934	null	null	null	null	-0.208333	-0.249566	0.472222	0.208772	3.680556	2.045987	1.243056	0.13294	-0.236111	-0.236111	-0.236111	-0.236111	10.5781
1975-10-31	71	2	84.545455	54.116223	null	null	null	null	-0.188811	-0.230842	0.587413	0.298792	3.622378	1.996087	1.27972	0.153517	-0.230769	-0.230769	-0.230769	-0.230769	11.988
1975-11-30	71	2	84.638554	54.639267	null	null	null	null	-0.084507	-0.128627	0.450704	0.188503	3.401408	1.843433	1.267606	0.150446	-0.225352	-0.225352	-0.225352	-0.225352	13.1309
1975-12-31	71	2	82.934132	55.994618	null	null	null	null	-0.035971	-0.082192	0.496403	0.225331	2.870504	1.490741	1.316547	0.176256	-0.208633	-0.208633	-0.208633	-0.208633	11.4938
1976-01-31	70	2	80.059524	56.501736	null	null	null	null	0.007634	-0.042147	0.732824	0.411556	3.251908	1.720831	1.648855	0.344915	-0.160305	-0.160305	-0.160305	-0.160305	5.37
1976-02-29	70	2	80.059524	56.502503	null	null	null	null	0.038168	-0.021356	0.877863	0.516944	2.816794	1.424532	1.587786	0.318662	-0.160305	-0.160305	-0.160305	-0.160305	5.3068
1976-03-31	60	2	62.647059	57.070636	null	null	null	null	0.112782	0.045567	0.819549	0.457722	2.75188	1.371391	1.601504	0.335327	-0.172932	-0.172932	-0.172932	-0.172932	6.6035
1976-04-30	58	2	59.94152	55.411938	null	null	null	null	0.164062	0.088398	0.867188	0.4837	2.875	1.439815	1.65625	0.370889	-0.140625	-0.140625	-0.140625	-0.140625	1.783
1976-05-31	57	2	57.848837	56.660382	null	null	null	null	0.15748	0.084417	1.031496	0.604711	2.779528	1.376425	1.692913	0.393397	-0.133858	-0.133858	-0.133858	-0.133858	-0.1775
1976-06-30	58	2	59.248555	56.459048	null	null	null	null	0.119048	0.04876	1.214286	0.73892	2.65873	1.292265	1.722222	0.410878	-0.126984	-0.126984	-0.126984	-0.126984	-2.0883
1976-07-31	54	2	51.436782	56.276474	null	null	null	null	0.211864	0.136123	1.5	0.952055	2.466102	1.159211	1.949153	0.535175	-0.067797	-0.067797	-0.067797	-0.067797	-9.1352
1976-08-31	49	2	41.428571	58.737538	null	null	null	null	0.318182	0.2362	1.736364	1.127458	2.727273	1.316407	2.427273	0.791813	0	0	0	0	-16.6536
1976-09-30	53	2	48.011364	60.242021	null	null	null	null	0.315789	0.23637	2.114035	1.410866	2.894737	1.409633	2.666667	0.92	0	0	0	0	-15.7075
1976-10-31	51	2	46.045198	56.900024	null	null	null	null	0.37069	0.288359	2.37931	1.601889	2.775862	1.340711	2.655172	0.920458	0	0	0	0	-16.2638
1976-11-30	53	2	50.280899	56.077384	null	null	null	null	0.246154	0.167767	2.015385	1.305182	2.176923	0.967796	2.061538	0.61119	0	0	0	0	-8.6833
1976-12-31	42	2	43.296089	39.764785	null	null	null	null	0.19403	0.119283	2.395522	1.578654	2.059701	0.898901	1.91791	0.53796	-0.014925	-0.014925	-0.014925	-0.014925	-7.5703
1977-01-31	47	2	54.722222	36.351103	null	null	null	null	0.310606	0.226995	4.113636	2.848339	1.909091	0.808937	2.090909	0.628693	0	0	0	0	-10.2838
1977-02-28	42	2	54.722222	26.100401	null	null	null	null	0.308824	0.231956	3.889706	2.670374	1.75	0.722017	1.948529	0.563934	0	0	0	0	-9.6
1977-03-31	50	2	72.252747	22.950656	null	null	null	null	0.243243	0.168727	2.743243	1.785235	1.22973	0.403293	1.763514	0.467963	-0.047297	-0.047297	-0.047297	-0.047297	-3.7633
1977-04-30	51	2	77.868852	17.170197	null	null	null	null	0.174497	0.102814	2.469799	1.573398	1.348993	0.483575	1.939597	0.565003	-0.053691	-0.053691	-0.053691	-0.053691	-4.7545
1977-05-31	55	2	86.141304	15.298764	null	null	null	null	0.197279	0.11746	2.496599	1.576441	1.272109	0.426287	2.129252	0.667088	-0.040816	-0.040816	-0.040816	-0.040816	-7.2544
1977-06-30	54	2	83.513514	16.843563	null	null	null	null	0.304965	0.214621	3.262411	2.125768	1.234043	0.393398	2.191489	0.70119	0	0	0	0	-12.357
1977-07-31	57	2	84.677419	21.360029	null	null	null	null	0.321678	0.22684	3.496503	2.309775	1.370629	0.4783	2.153846	0.685007	0	0	0	0	-13.0889
1977-08-31	54	2	83.68984	17.765963	null	null	null	null	0.42069	0.31721	3.324138	2.175539	1.510345	0.569929	2.17931	0.699526	0	0	0	0	-13.93
1977-09-30	53	2	82.180851	17.429245	null	null	null	null	0.413333	0.302817	3.493333	2.282972	1.913333	0.827915	2.066667	0.638942	0	0	0	0	-13.5148
1977-10-31	51	2	78.571429	16.142877	null	null	null	null	0.427673	0.310651	3.157233	2.023442	1.654088	0.666583	1.924528	0.56653	0	0	0	0	-10.909
1977-11-30	47	2	73.421053	13.026279	null	null	null	null	0.271605	0.167993	2.858025	1.794364	1.561728	0.620685	1.888889	0.552089	-0.012346	-0.012346	-0.012346	-0.012346	-11.7715
1977-12-31	51	2	79.842932	14.332111	null	null	null	null	0.3	0.192784	2.3625	1.42458	1.78125	0.773509	2.0375	0.636992	0	0	0	0	-14.6187
1978-01-31	49	2	75.260417	17.28622	null	null	null	null	0.312139	0.201038	2.219653	1.315049	1.780347	0.780672	1.757225	0.490328	0	0	0	0	-9.7608
1978-02-28	48	2	75.260417	13.329381	null	null	null	null	0.382022	0.2582	1.808989	1.010981	1.758427	0.773274	1.483146	0.346284	-0.016854	-0.016854	-0.016854	-0.016854	-9.1924
1978-03-31	35	2	52.835052	11.632671	null	null	null	null	0.315217	0.192915	1.711957	0.94061	1.282609	0.475203	1.413043	0.313193	-0.048913	-0.048913	-0.048913	-0.048913	-8.5126
1978-04-30	38	2	58.717949	11.711667	null	null	null	null	0.365714	0.236107	1.834286	1.03267	1.474286	0.600272	1.582857	0.40823	0	0	0	0	-14.8871
1978-05-31	40	2	58.928571	16.759178	null	null	null	null	0.465909	0.324246	1.727273	0.961082	1.488636	0.618115	1.5625	0.406649	0	0	0	0	-16.645
1978-06-30	48	2	72.335025	17.02624	null	null	null	null	0.516304	0.365094	1.505435	0.799484	1.244565	0.467774	1.451087	0.350175	0	0	0	0	-15.6251
1978-07-31	48	2	75.505051	13.307593	null	null	null	null	0.560847	0.400486	1.164021	0.549108	1.132275	0.399439	1.31746	0.280959	0	0	0	0	-16.2469
1978-08-31	50	2	79.145729	12.534801	null	null	null	null	0.461165	0.306523	0.990291	0.422562	1.019417	0.329467	1.092233	0.15864	0	0	0	0	-11.9773
1978-09-30	51	2	85.75	8.450556	null	null	null	null	0.674528	0.496722	1.09434	0.495957	0.943396	0.28721	0.948113	0.084096	-0.028302	-0.028302	-0.028302	-0.028302	-12.1202
1978-10-31	52	2	87.810945	7.979656	null	null	null	null	0.726872	0.540866	0.929515	0.386194	0.735683	0.1554	0.792952	0.003395	-0.092511	-0.092511	-0.092511	-0.092511	-9.4966
1978-11-30	52	2	88.861386	6.357001	null	null	null	null	0.902913	0.690087	1.004854	0.442726	0.854369	0.23808	1.038835	0.143985	0	0	0	0	-21.0523
1978-12-31	55	2	86.945813	15.225387	null	null	null	null	1.1875	0.931486	0.971154	0.422331	0.865385	0.249109	1.014423	0.133217	0	0	0	0	-24.2783
1979-01-31	55	2	86.029412	15.631092	null	null	null	null	1.973568	1.611403	0.69163	0.227507	0.634361	0.096511	0.779736	0.005874	0	0	0	0	-22.2985
1979-02-28	53	2	86.029412	11.891119	null	null	null	null	1.703252	1.367912	0.520325	0.110945	0.569106	0.058305	0.577236	-0.102428	-0.028455	-0.028455	-0.028455	-0.028455	-21.7886
1979-03-31	52	2	89.07767	6.174711	null	null	null	null	1.289256	0.99774	0.363636	0.006528	0.628099	0.105968	0.61157	-0.078161	-0.012397	-0.012397	-0.012397	-0.012397	-28.2256
1979-04-30	53	2	89.130435	8.838878	null	null	null	null	1.16318	0.887769	0.464435	0.088307	0.594142	0.089511	0.606695	-0.078533	0	0	0	0	-33.7503

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The Gold Barometer: monthly gold buying-conditions scores, 1971 to today

Monthly readings of The Gold Barometer, a daily 0-100 score of gold buying conditions for the US market. Each row is one month: date, score, and the zone the score falls in. The series is reconstructed point-in-time back to January 1971, using only data available at each date.

Zones

Score	Zone
0-19	Historically very unfavorable
20-39	Unfavorable
40-59	Mixed
60-79	Favorable
80-100	Historically very favorable

How to quote a reading

As of Month D, YYYY, The Gold Barometer reads N/100: Zone.

Sources and method

The method, the weights, the evidence and the limits are published at thegoldbarometer.com/methodology. Readings are never silently revised. Corrections are logged at thegoldbarometer.com/corrections.

The live daily reading, a free JSON API and the full archive: github.com/thegoldbarometer/data.

Archived with a DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22011949.

License and credit

CC BY 4.0. Credit line: "Source: The Gold Barometer, thegoldbarometer.com".

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