Frequently Asked Questions

Spot prices for all eight metals are fetched hourly during market hours (Monday–Friday). Global exchange prices from COMEX, London, Shanghai, Dubai, Istanbul, Tokyo, and Mumbai are also updated hourly. Your dashboard polls for the latest data every 30 seconds.

We track four precious metals — Gold (XAU), Silver (XAG), Platinum (XPT), and Palladium (XPD) — and four base metals — Copper, Aluminum, Nickel, and Zinc. Each metal has dedicated pages with interactive charts, historical price data, and performance metrics.

Yes. MetalPrices.live supports over 30 currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, INR, JPY, AUD, CAD, CHF, and CNY. You can also switch between troy ounces, grams, kilograms, and tolas from the Settings page. Your preference is saved and applied across all pages.

We aggregate data from multiple authoritative sources: MetalpriceAPI for spot prices, CME Group for COMEX delivery and vault data, CFTC for COT reports, FRED for macro economic indicators, LBMA for London vault holdings, and SHFE for Shanghai warehouse stocks. Analyst forecasts are curated from published reports by major investment banks.

The MetalPrices.live dashboard displays real-time spot prices for Gold (XAU), Silver (XAG), Platinum (XPT), Palladium (XPD), Copper, Aluminum, Nickel, and Zinc. Prices update every 30 seconds during market hours, with 24-hour change, daily high/low ranges, and 7-day sparkline charts shown for each metal.

Each metal has a dedicated detail page with interactive historical charts, performance metrics, and price data. You can also view all precious metals together on the Precious Metals page or all industrial metals on the Base Metals page. The Compare tool lets you chart any two metals side by side.

The COMEX Insights page provides daily delivery activity (contracts stopped and issued), delivery pace tracking against prior months, firm-level delivery data, COT speculator positioning, and settlement prices. During First Notice Day (FND) periods, both the current and incoming contract months are displayed.

Yes. The Vault Reserves page tracks physical gold and silver inventories across three major vaulting systems — COMEX (registered and eligible), LBMA London vaults, and SHFE Shanghai warehouses. Daily changes, historical trends, and total tonnage breakdowns are all available.

The Global Exchanges page shows gold and silver prices from seven markets worldwide — COMEX (New York), London (LBMA), Shanghai (SGE/SHFE), Dubai, Istanbul, Tokyo (JPX), and Mumbai (MCX). Prices are converted to USD per troy ounce for direct comparison, with a DXY (US Dollar Index) overlay.

Yes. The Analyst Forecasts page aggregates price targets from major investment banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup, UBS, and others. It shows consensus ranges, median targets, individual bank forecasts, and recent revisions for both gold and silver.

Beyond raw price data, MetalPrices.live provides several analytical tools: the Macro Dashboard for real rates, ETF flows, and economic indicators; the Physical vs Futures page for paper-to-physical ratios; the Ratios calculator for cross-metal analysis; and the Blog for AI-generated market commentary.

Platinum and palladium are platinum-group metals (PGMs) used primarily in automotive catalytic converters, hydrogen fuel cells, electronics, and jewelry. Their prices are driven by auto industry demand, mining supply from South Africa and Russia, and growing hydrogen economy investments.

MetalPrices.live tracks four key industrial (base) metals: Copper — essential for electrical wiring, EVs, and renewable energy; Aluminum — used in transportation, packaging, and construction; Nickel — critical for stainless steel and EV batteries; and Zinc — used for galvanizing steel and die-casting. These metals are vital indicators of global economic health.

Yes. MetalPrices.live is completely free. All features — live prices, interactive charts, COMEX delivery data, vault inventories, global exchange prices, analyst forecasts, and the macro dashboard — are available at no cost with no account required.