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abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF (SGOL)

Commodities Focused | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
42.44 USD -1.43 (-3.260%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 42.70 +0.26 (0.613%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:50 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bullish driven by aggressive options positioning. Traders have built significant call walls at $50 and $60, indicating a strong expectation of a breakout from the current range, while the statistical forecast model shows a moderate bearish lean (-2.54%) which appears to be pricing in short-term consolidation rather than a trend reversal. The asset is trading well above its 50-day moving average, confirming positive momentum. However, the long-term investment case is neutral. While the nine-year trajectory shows a massive +147% gain with no consecutive negative years at the end, the underlying business is a passive commodity tracker with no earnings, growth, or management team. It offers no intrinsic value creation beyond the spot price of gold. Consequently, it cannot earn a high long-term rating despite its strong historical performance. Finally, there is no dividend component to consider; the security distributes no income.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.038918
AutoETS0.040246
AutoTheta0.041097
MSTL0.045811

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 1.32
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.023
Excess Kurtosis -0.14

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for upside, evidenced by massive open interest walls at $50 and $60 strikes for September and December expirations, while put volume remains negligible. Implied volatility is elevated for deep out-of-the-money calls relative to the money, suggesting a speculative bet on gold breaking key resistance levels rather than a hedge against a crash.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 52.84
All Time Low 9.867
Ask 43.03
Ask Size 27,700
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,593,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,451,150
Average Volume 2,451,150
Average Volume10Days 2,593,800
Beta3 Year 0.36
Bid 42.38
Bid Size 17,500
Category Commodities Focused
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 44.095
Day Low 42.315
Dividend Yield 0.0
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 40.0658
Fifty Day Average Change 2.374199
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.059257496
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 25.785423
Fifty Two Week High 52.84
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.400002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.19682062
Fifty Two Week Low 33.17
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.27946943
Fifty Two Week Range 33.17 - 52.84
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,252,503,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.2023328
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -1.43
Fullday Change Percent -3.25963
Fullday Price 42.7
Fund Family Aberdeen Standard Investments
Fund Inception Date 1,252,454,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The Shares are intended to constitute a simple and cost-effective means of making an investment similar to an investment in gold. An investment in physical gold requires expensive and sometimes complicated arrangements in connection with the assay, transportation, warehousing and insurance of the metal. Although the Shares are not the exact equivalent of an investment in gold, they provide investors with an alternative that allows a level of participation in the gold market through the securities market.
Long Name abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_54328744
Nav Price 43.49485
Net Assets 6,728,088,600.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.17
Open 43.83
Phone 212 918 4954
Post Market Change 0.26000214
Post Market Change Percent 0.61263466
Post Market Price 42.7
Post Market Time 1,787,961,572
Previous Close 43.87
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.43
Regular Market Change Percent -3.25963
Regular Market Day High 44.095
Regular Market Day Low 42.315
Regular Market Day Range 42.315 - 44.095
Regular Market Open 43.83
Regular Market Previous Close 43.87
Regular Market Price 42.44
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 6,495,495
Short Name abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol SGOL
Three Year Average Return 0.33787042
Total Assets 6,728,088,576
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -12.71811
Trailing Three Month Returns -12.71811
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 43.01725
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.57725143
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.013419068
Type Disp ETF
Volume 6,495,495
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -6.62327