What is GLD's Tapeline score?

GLD (SPDR Gold Shares) currently scores 67.2 out of 100 on Tapeline's 6-factor composite — signal label "CONSTRUCTIVE". The score updates every minute during US market hours.

How is the GLD score calculated?

Tapeline uses one fixed formula for every ticker: 25% trend + 20% relative strength + 15% fundamentals + 15% smart money + 15% macro + 10% momentum. The weights are public, versioned, and don't change without a changelog entry.

Is the GLD Tapeline score a buy recommendation?

No. The score is descriptive, not prescriptive — it summarizes six independent signals into one 0-100 number. Acting on it depends on portfolio, risk tolerance, time horizon, and tax situation Tapeline doesn't know about.

Where can I see Tapeline's track record on GLD?

Every market day, Tapeline freezes the top 10 composite scores and logs each name's next-day return versus SPY. The full history — including misses — lives on the public scorecard at tapeline.io/scorecard with no survivor-bias filtering.

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Updated May 13, 2026 · Commodities · Tapeline analysis

Is GLD a Buy in 2026? The Tapeline Score Breakdown for SPDR Gold Shares

SPDR Gold Shares — physical-gold ETF — is one of the most-searched tickers on US markets. Most "is GLD a buy" tools give you a verdict and hide the formula. This page does the opposite: the live Tapeline composite, all six factor sub-scores, the plain-English reason behind today's read, and a link to the public scorecard where every prediction is back-checked vs SPY the next day.

GLD's Tapeline Score Right Now

Composite (0–100)

67.2

Signal

CONSTRUCTIVE

Confidence 49%

Why: above all major moving averages and accelerating; solid fundamentals (revenue trend, margins, balance sheet).

Live data from /api/ticker/GLD. The score refreshes every minute during US market hours; this page caches each fetch for 30 minutes.

What's Driving GLD's Score

Tapeline's composite is a fixed weighted equation, published on /how-it-works:

score = 0.25 × trend
      + 0.20 × relative_strength
      + 0.15 × fundamentals
      + 0.15 × smart_money
      + 0.15 × macro
      + 0.10 × momentum

Trend · 25% weight

20/50/200-day moving-average stack, slope, and time above the 50DMA. Highest weight (25%) because primary-trend alignment dominates 1-day-to-3-week outcomes.

Relative Strength · 20% weight

Mansfield RS vs SPY, sector RS, and 12-1 momentum. Captures whether the name is leading or lagging the broader tape on a multi-week basis.

Fundamentals · 15% weight

Revenue growth, operating-margin trend, ROE vs sector median, and Piotroski F-score. The quality filter — confirms the name isn't fundamentally broken.

Smart Money · 15% weight

Form 4 insider transactions (net 90-day), elite 13F holdings (8 curated managers), and Congressional disclosures. Confirmation factor — most useful in confluence with leading factors.

Macro · 15% weight

VIX percentile, market breadth, 10Y yield direction, and regime score. Scales the read — same factor configuration in a hostile regime gets a different verdict.

Momentum · 10% weight

20-day rate-of-change, RSI position, and accumulation/distribution. Lowest weight (10%) because it already overlaps with Trend and RS.

The Public Scorecard: Does GLD's Read Hold Up?

Every market day, Tapeline freezes the top 10 composite scores at the close. The next day, each pick's actual return is logged against SPY. Wins are recorded, misses are recorded, nothing gets quietly removed. The full track record is at /scorecard, with a per-ticker history if GLD has ever surfaced in a top-10 cohort.

The scorecard isn't proof the formula will keep working — it's evidence the publisher isn't hiding the misses. That's the part most prosumer scanner tools refuse to do. If you can't see the misses, you can't tell whether a score is signal or marketing.

Risks to Consider Before Acting on GLD's Score

The Tapeline score summarizes six independent signals into one number — it doesn't know your portfolio, your time horizon, your tax situation, or which other names you're considering at the same risk slot. A high score on GLD that confirms what other names in your watchlist are already showing isn't the same trade as a high score on a name with no portfolio context.

The factor breakdown is the part to read carefully. The composite is a summary; the six factors show whether the read is concentrated in one factor (single-source signal, easier to be wrong) or distributed across leading and lagging factors (confluence, higher conviction). Tapeline labels are descriptive — "HIGH CONVICTION", "STRONG SETUP", "CONSTRUCTIVE" — not "BUY" prescriptions. That distinction matters legally and practically.

How to Track GLD Live on Tapeline

The interactive GLD page lives at /t/GLD — same data, plus a live radar chart, news feed, and watchlist add. The full scanner covering ~2,500 US tickers is at /app/scanner.

Tapeline Free covers the top 20 tickers with a 24-hour data delay — enough to evaluate the methodology, not enough for daily trading. Pro ($24.99/mo billed annually, or $29.99 monthly) unlocks the full universe with live data, watchlist alerts on score moves, and the IPO/earnings calendar. Premium ($39.99/mo annually, $49.99 monthly) adds Congressional trades, elite 13F holdings, and unlimited Telegram alerts. 14-day Premium trial, no card.

See GLD's live score now.

14-day Premium trial. No credit card. The six-factor formula above runs on GLD and every other liquid US ticker every minute.

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