Gold price prediction in Iraq
Where gold could sit at six horizons, from one week to ten years — modelled from 26 years of its own price history (Sep 2000 onward). Over that period it returned 11.48% a year with 29.6% annualised volatility.
Scenario table · 21K per gram in Iraq
Today: IQD155,156 per gram
| Horizon | Severe bearish | Bearish | Base case | Bullish | Strong bullish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next week Aug 2026 |
IQD143,251 -7.7% |
IQD149,240 -3.8% |
IQD155,480 +0.2% |
IQD161,980 +4.4% |
IQD168,752 +8.8% |
| Next month Sep 2026 |
IQD131,983 -14.9% |
IQD143,751 -7.4% |
IQD156,568 +0.9% |
IQD170,528 +9.9% |
IQD185,732 +19.7% |
| Next 6 months Feb 2027 |
IQD107,811 -30.5% |
IQD132,898 -14.3% |
IQD163,822 +5.6% |
IQD201,943 +30.2% |
IQD248,935 +60.4% |
| Next year Aug 2027 |
IQD95,719 -38.3% |
IQD128,673 -17.1% |
IQD172,973 +11.5% |
IQD232,524 +49.9% |
IQD312,577 +101.5% |
| Next 5 years Aug 2031 |
IQD71,152 -54.1% |
IQD137,879 -11.1% |
IQD267,184 +72.2% |
IQD517,753 +233.7% |
IQD1,003,308 +546.6% |
| Next 10 years Aug 2036 |
IQD70,829 -54.3% |
IQD180,522 +16.3% |
IQD460,099 +196.5% |
IQD1,172,660 +655.8% |
IQD2,988,770 +1,826.3% |
Gold price next week — August 2026
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next week.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next week.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next week.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next week.
Gold price next month — September 2026
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next month.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next month.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next month.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next month.
Gold price next 6 months — February 2027
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next 6 months.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next 6 months.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next 6 months.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next 6 months.
Gold price next year — August 2027
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next year.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next year.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next year.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next year.
Gold price next 5 years — August 2031
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next 5 years.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next 5 years.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next 5 years.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next 5 years.
Gold price next 10 years — August 2036
A sustained gold sell-off — the kind driven by aggressive real-rate rises, a strongly bidding dollar and outflows from metal-backed funds. Roughly a 1-in-40 downside path over next 10 years.
Tighter policy and a firmer dollar make non-yielding metal less attractive. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or below this level after next 10 years.
The median path: gold simply continues at its long-run average rate of 11.5% a year, with no shock in either direction. Half of historical outcomes land above this, half below.
Falling real rates, persistent inflation or continued central-bank accumulation. About a 1-in-6 chance the price sits at or above this level after next 10 years.
A crisis bid — currency stress, a sharp risk-off move or an inflation shock sending capital into hard assets. Roughly a 1-in-40 upside path over next 10 years.
How these numbers are produced
Every figure comes from one formula applied to 758 real closing prices between 2000-09-01 and 2026-08-22:
price(t) = spot × exp( μ·t + z·σ·√t )
μ is the measured annualised drift (11.48% a year), σ the measured annualised volatility (29.6%), t the horizon in years and z how many standard deviations a scenario sits from the median. The history is not evenly spaced — monthly in the early years, daily recently — so each return is weighted by the real time gap between its two observations rather than being treated as an equal period.
What this model cannot do. It assumes the future distribution of returns resembles the past one. It has no view on interest rates, central-bank buying, mine supply or war. A single policy decision can move the price further in a day than the model puts at a 1-in-40 chance over a year. Treat the wide bands as an honest admission of uncertainty, not as a target.