Iron ore price today: trend, volatility and seasonality
Data updated February 13, 2025
90.57usd/t−0.19% today
Iron ore last traded at 90.57 usd/t (close of February 13, 2025), up 3.0% year to date and down 17.3% over twelve months.
It is without a clear trend: the price and its 50-day average sit on different sides of the 200-day average, with the price 2.0% above that average.
Over the past 52 weeks it has ranged between 91.28 and 129.50; today's price sits at 41% of that range.
One-month volatility is 13% annualised, low compared with its own history, and the largest fall from a high in the last year was 29.5%.
Returns by period
- 1W
- +0.5%
- 1M
- +6.8%
- 3M
- +4.5%
- 6M
- +8.3%
- Year to date
- +3.0%
- 1Y
- −17.3%
- 3Y
- —
- 5Y
- —
Spot price changes, close to close. They do not include the roll cost or carry of futures, which is what commodity ETFs earn.
Iron ore over five years (start = 100)
Trend and risk
- Trend (50/200-day)
- Mixed
- vs 200-day average
- +2.0%
- RSI (14 days)
- 69
- Momentum 12-1
- −22.5%
- Volatility 1M
- 13.1%
- Volatility 1Y
- 26.9%
- Max drawdown 1Y
- −29.5%
- 52-week range position
- 41%
Questions
How has iron ore performed this year?
As of February 13, 2025, Iron ore is +3.0% year to date and −17.3% over the last twelve months, at 90.57 usd/t.
Is iron ore above its 200-day moving average?
Yes: the price is 2.0% above its 200-day average of 104.68. With the 50-day average on the other side, the trend reads as mixed.
How volatile is iron ore?
Its one-month volatility is 13.1% annualised and one-year volatility 26.9%. Current volatility is at the 13th percentile of all one-month windows in the available history.
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