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What are gold, oil and bitcoin doing?

Gold, oil and bitcoin often move for reasons stocks don’t: inflation, war, the dollar, or simple fear. Watching them alongside the stock market shows what investors are hedging against and where money goes when it leaves equities.

Updated Oct 9, 2026

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trend of the big four

Strong trends

This year gold is −3%, oil +114% and bitcoin −6%, against +14% for the S&P 500. Oil leads at +114% and nuclear power trails at −17%.

Gold −3% YTDOil +114% YTDBitcoin −6% YTD

Commodities, miners and crypto

Sorted by the move this year. Below high is the distance from the highest close of the past year. Select a row for its chart. Select a column to sort.

AssetTrend1M3MYTD1YBelow highPast year

How to read this page

How it’s measured. Each asset is followed through a widely held fund. Scores compare the past three months’ move with the fund’s own last five years, or its life if shorter; 100 is the strongest run.

Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep.

Funds stand in for the assets: GLD for gold, USO for oil futures, IBIT and ETHA for bitcoin and ether. Futures-based funds like USO can lag the spot price over time because of the cost of rolling contracts.

Miners and producers are companies, so they add stock-market and company risk to the commodity’s own moves.

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