Gold RSI (14): How to Read the Relative Strength Index for XAU/USD
What the RSI(14) values for gold mean, how Wilder's RSI is calculated, and how to read the 1-hour, 4-hour and daily readings together — with a worked example from the site's verified data.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is the momentum indicator this site reports for gold on three timeframes: 1-hour, 4-hour and daily. This guide explains what the number means, how it is calculated, and how to read the three values together — using the site's own verified values as the worked example.
What RSI measures
RSI, introduced by J. Welles Wilder in 1978, measures the speed and size of recent price changes on a scale of 0 to 100. It answers one narrow question: over the last 14 periods, how strong were the up-moves compared with the down-moves? It does not measure value, and it does not predict where price will go next.
A reading above 70 is conventionally called overbought: up-moves have dominated recently. A reading below 30 is called oversold: down-moves have dominated. Readings near 50 mean momentum is balanced. These are descriptions of recent momentum, not buy or sell signals on their own.
How Wilder's RSI(14) is calculated
For each period, take the change in close. Gains and losses are averaged separately. The first average is a simple average of the first 14 periods; every step after that uses Wilder's smoothing, which weights the previous average at 13/14 and the newest change at 1/14:
RS = average gain / average loss; RSI = 100 − 100 / (1 + RS). When the average loss is zero, RSI is 100. The calculation needs at least 15 closes before the first value is meaningful, and it must be computed from one consistent series of closes — mixing providers or timeframes invalidates it. This site computes RSI separately for the 1-hour, 4-hour and daily closes, each from its own verified series.
Reading the three timeframes together
- 1-hour RSI: short-term momentum over roughly the last 14 hours. It moves fastest and reverses most often.
- 4-hour RSI: medium-term momentum. It changes only when a 4-hour candle closes, so it is slower and more stable.
- Daily RSI: the trend-level reading. A daily RSI below 50 with 1-hour RSI above 50 usually means a short-term bounce inside a weaker daily trend — not a trend change.
Worked example: gold on 6 November 2026, 15:00 PKT
At the last verified update, gold's RSI values were 1-hour 48.68, 4-hour 52.59 and daily 49.62. All three sit near the 50 midline, and none is near 70 or 30. That is the correct reading: momentum is mixed and neutral. The 1-hour reading just below 50 and the 4-hour reading just above 50 disagree slightly, which is normal — the short-term bounce and the medium-term trend are pointing in different directions. Nothing here says overbought or oversold.
| Timeframe | RSI(14) | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 1-hour | 48.68 | Neutral, just below 50 |
| 4-hour | 52.59 | Neutral, just above 50 |
| Daily | 49.62 | Neutral |
What RSI cannot tell you
- RSI can stay above 70 for a long time in a strong uptrend, and below 30 in a strong downtrend. An extreme reading is not a reversal signal by itself.
- An oversold reading does not mean price will rise; it means price has fallen fast. Buying into it without confirmation is catching a falling market.
- RSI is weakest in ranging markets, where it crosses 50 repeatedly and generates noise.
- Always read RSI with price structure: where price sits relative to the daily Pivot and support/resistance, and whether a level break is confirmed by a completed candle close.
On this site, RSI is always shown with its timeframe, its provider and the timestamp of the closes it was computed from. If the closes needed for RSI are unavailable, the value is shown as unavailable — never estimated from a spot snapshot.