SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) Stock Price & Analysis
Market: AMEX • Sector: Financial Services • Industry: Asset Management
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) Profile & Business Summary
The Trust holds gold bars and from time to time, issues Baskets in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Sponsor believes that, for many investors, the Shares represent a cost-effective investment in gold.
Key Information
| Ticker | GLD |
|---|---|
| Exchange | AMEX |
| Official Site | https://www.spdrgoldshares.com/usa |
Market Trend Overview for GLD
One model, two time views: what the market looks like right now, and where the larger trend is heading over time.
SRE (WhaleQuant Structural Regime Engine) SRE evaluates how price structure evolves across daily and weekly timeframes to define the prevailing market regime. Beyond identifying trends, consolidations, and exhaustion phases, it distinguishes between raw structural strength and deployable participation quality. The model dynamically adjusts for structural context and extension risk, assessing whether conditions are supportive, stretched, fragile, or structurally impaired. Its purpose is not to forecast precise price levels, but to determine whether risk deployment is aligned with underlying market structure.
Longer-Term Market Trend (Mid to Long Term)
Shows the bigger market trend, how strong it is, and where risks may start to build over the next few weeks or months. — Updated as of 2026-08-28 (ET)
As of 2026-08-28, GLD is moving sideways without a clear direction. Over the longer term, the trend remains bullish.
GLD last closed at 408.89. The price is about 0.4 ATR below its recent average price (411.85), and the market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction. Price at 408.89 is moving between minor support near 404.30 and minor resistance near 421.82. Direction remains unclear. View Support & Resistance from Options
The market is moving sideways, with no clear direction. Both upside and downside risks remain in play.
Trend score: 35 out of 100. Overall alignment is unclear. The market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction. The longer-term trend is still positive, but short-term signals are not yet confirming it.
A key downside risk boundary is near 389.81. If price falls below this area, the current structure would likely weaken further.
A systematic trend-activation signal was most recently triggered on 2026-08-06, reflecting a technical shift toward positive directional alignment.
Recent bars show mixed price behavior without a clear shift in structural quality or efficiency.
There was no clear sign of meaningful positions being carried into the overnight session.
The model stays neutral because the setup is not clear enough to justify a directional deployment.
The model does not deploy this setup because internal signals are not aligned strongly enough and recent price behavior has shown failed reversal memory. Predictability is 51%, agreement is 46%, and reversal risk is 9%.
NOTE: This next-day up/down probability forecast module is still being tested for accuracy. Please do not rely on it for investment decisions. The model does not account for black swan events or company-specific fundamental news, and its estimates are based solely on technical conditions, capital flow, and market sentiment. View forecast history
This estimate uses 1-minute price, volume, and VWAP data from the last 27 trading days, with relative-volume decay. The sample period is 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-28. The current price is 408.89, 1.84% below the estimated average cost of 416.56. An estimated 2.9% of recent positioning is below the current price, while 95.5% is above it. The peak-density price is 419.40. The largest concentrated cost region is 419.10 to 420.30 and contains 35.5% of the estimated distribution. The current price is within the 408.70 to 408.90 cost region. The nearest region above the current price is 410.10 to 410.70.