Iron ore price today: trend, volatility and seasonality
Data updated February 13, 2025
90.72usd/t−0.12% today
Iron ore last traded at 90.72 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 price over five years
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 90.72 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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