Gold Percent and Annualized Returns

The quarterly gold prices, which were derived from the monthly prices used in Gold Price Charts, have been on the downside since they peaked in 1980.

CTM Percent Returns

Since 1968 CTM winning (green) quarterly trades out numbered losing (red) trades 65 percent to 35 percent. Note the peak percent returns for the buy 1968/sell 1980 trades.

See How to Read the 3-Dimensional Percent Return Chart to learn how to read the chart.

CTM Winners and Losers Map

The map shows that winning trades are concentrated on trades before the 1980 peak. After the peak, most trades are losers.

CTM Annualized Returns

Annualized returns have the same percentage of winners (65%) and losers (35%) as the percent returns.The spikes in annualized returns result from short-term winning trades. When a short-term gain win is annualized, the value becomes very large. Note that as the time held increases, annualized returns tend to decline.