Platinum (PL) futures seasonality: sixteen years of month-by-month tendency, win rates and average change.
Futures Seasonality · 15-Year Study
Based on the last 15 completed calendar years · Updated for 2026
Platinum is the thinnest and most temperamental of the four metals, and its seasonality shows it: sharp strength at the turn of the year, a rough spring, and a deep autumn air pocket. Over the last fifteen years the pattern has real edges. Here is the month-by-month record.
Platinum (PL) — Average Monthly Change
15-year average, by calendar month. Hover any bar for the detail.
Every calendar month, ranked as it falls on the calendar. “Win rate” is how often platinum closed the month higher; “avg change” is the mean move; “range” is the average high-to-low travel within the month.
| Month | Up / Down | Win rate | Avg change | Avg range |
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The year is bookended by strength. Platinum’s calendar is strongest at its edges. January is the single best month, higher in 11 of the last 15 years (73%) with an average gain of 3.3%, and December nearly matches it at +3.1%. The turn of the year is unambiguously platinum’s best window.
Spring and early autumn dig the holes. The weakness is just as sharp. March is the least reliable month, higher only 4 of 15 years (27%), and September digs the deepest hole, averaging a 2.3% loss. Both stretches have repeatedly caught platinum bulls offside.
A thin market, strongest at the edges. Platinum is a thin, temperamental market, and its average monthly range of 11 to 13% reflects that. The seasonal signal is strongest at the calendar’s edges and noisier in the middle, so it pays most when you lean on the January and December strength and the March and September weakness rather than the middle months.
A seasonal average tells you the backdrop. It doesn’t tell you where platinum sits against that backdrop today, whether this year is tracking the norm or fighting it, or the levels that matter into the next session. That is what The Traders Brief does every morning, across metals, energy, and the indexes.
See today’s read →Which month is historically best for platinum?
January, higher 11 of the last 15 years (73%) with an average gain of 3.3%. December is nearly its equal at +3.1%.
Which month is worst for platinum?
March is the least reliable, higher just 4 of 15 years (27%). September digs the deepest hole, averaging a 2.3% loss.
Is platinum seasonality reliable enough to trade on?
Seasonality is a backdrop, not a signal, and platinum is a thin market where the signal is strongest at the calendar’s edges. It tells you the odds you are trading with or against; the daily brief pairs that with where price actually sits and what this year is doing versus the norm.
Seasonal tendencies are drawn from 15 years of historical Platinum futures data and describe the past. They are not a forecast and not trading advice. Markets can and do trade against their seasonal record in any given year. © 2026 The Traders Brief.