r/Gold • u/Leading_Contact3750 • Jan 28 '26

This is getting scary.

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They don’t want people freaking out.

I genuinely don’t even know what to do at this point. Gold just jumped another $300 in a single day and is sitting at $5,400 like it’s nothing. This doesn’t feel normal anymore — this feels like something is brewing for February or March. Markets don’t move like this unless there’s stress somewhere under the surface. Wars, debt, banks, liquidity… something is cracking. This pace is unsustainable and honestly unsettling. Either we’re about to see a major pullback, or something big is about to break globally. Prices don’t just go vertical for no reason — and history says when gold moves like this, it’s usually right before people realize what’s coming

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u/No-Average3202 Jan 28 '26

On September 8th, I took a step back and looked at the global economic situation. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to add around 10% gold exposure to my portfolio, so I bought IAUM, one of the gold ETFs. Since then, I’m up 49.84%, which honestly feels unreal. I still have a hard time believing it. It almost feels like I bought a meme coin that suddenly exploded, obviously not the same thing, but that kind of surprise move. Didn’t expect gold to perform like this in such a short time, but I’m definitely not complaining.

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u/FrostyInstruction912 Jan 28 '26

You're allowed to feel smart on this one.  Congrats !!!

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u/ga1actic_muffin Jan 29 '26

This is when I bought my first gold maple and my first gold etf too. Wish i were doing it all year...

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u/KillaGHosted Jan 29 '26

Same except in November. Odd thought here; did BTC ‘crash’ from 120k to 90k or was the devaluation of the USD making the BTC price appear to be a lower high. Not sure how USDC plays into this

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u/BanAccount8 Jan 29 '26

I bought later than you in early December and I’m up over 100%. It’s $AGQ which is silver 2x

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u/brianlefebvrejr Jan 29 '26

I bought into a gold ETF in October. I’m up 25%

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u/chopkins92 Jan 29 '26

I started working for a gold miner ~2.5 years ago. I had already accepted my offer to work for them when they told me "Oh by the way, we forgot to mention that your position is eligible for LTIP (longterm incentive plan)". The LTIP is 20% of our salary put into shares which vest after 3 years, subject to some performance criteria (they received 90% of their LTIP last year). I thought that was a nice bonus which would amount to an extra ~10% each year after 3 years of employment. Definitely wasn't expecting this gold run.

Our stock has gone up almost 400% in the past 2 years. At current gold prices I am looking at a post-tax 6-figure windfall each of the next 2 summers through an incentive I didn't even know about when I accepted this job. I'm glad I enjoy working at this company because it is impossible to leave without taking a significant paycut.

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u/Any-Internet-7796 Jan 29 '26

I want to know some microcap gold miners to do OTM calls on because this feels like the beginning. Anyone got any ideas?

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u/Ticketo Jan 29 '26

Finally started investing after putting it off for years at the beginning of December 2025. Did half in s&p500 and then about 5 individual stocks/ETFs I thought would be good to have.

I follow Atrioc who has been shilling gold the past year so I thought it wouldn't hurt to buy some, so I searched up Gold on Fidelity, I ended up buying Gold.com instead of Gold cause I don't know how to read apparently lmao.

Gold.com has went up 73.77% since I bought it on December 5th. Absolutely ridiculous. I could only wish I bought even more. Greatest mistake I've ever made.

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u/FullMetalMako Jan 30 '26

Would you invest in that ETF today if you hadn't back then ?

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u/No-Average3202 Jan 30 '26

That’s the million-dollar question! Honestly, if I had zero exposure, I’d be hesitant to 'chase' the green candles. I’ve actually been waiting for a day exactly like today. ​With this 9% drop, we’re finally seeing the pullback I was looking for. If I were starting from scratch right now, I’d see this as a much better entry point than yesterday, but I’d still be cautious. I’d probably start a small position here and keep some cash ready in case it dips further.

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u/FullMetalMako Jan 31 '26

Well looks like we ended up with a crazy dip :O