Seasonality
RBA seasonality — RB Global
Over the last 11 years, RBA's strongest month on average has been August (+4.3%) and its weakest March (-2.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.64% | -0.61% | 40% | +10.4% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.30% | +0.38% | 50% | +18.7% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.27% | -2.59% | 30% | +12.7% | -13.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.87% | +1.96% | 70% | +26.1% | -6.7% | 10 |
| May | -0.25% | +0.98% | 60% | +9.3% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.46% | +0.48% | 60% | +15.2% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.71% | +3.12% | 70% | +13.3% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +4.35% | +5.57% | 70% | +26.3% | -22.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.25% | -2.63% | 40% | +6.3% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.42% | +3.81% | 70% | +10.8% | -11.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.78% | -0.69% | 44% | +18.4% | -16.0% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.96% | -1.62% | 40% | +12.9% | -11.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — RBA
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.4 | -11.1 | -5.1 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 9.5 | -5.8 | -22.9 | -3.8 | 10.2 | 4.3 | -9.1% | |
| 2025 | -0.8 | 14.4 | -2.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 5.8 | -5.4 | -8.4 | -1.0 | 4.8 | +14.0% |
| 2024 | -4.4 | 18.7 | 0.3 | -6.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 8.2 | -6.5 | 5.3 | 15.4 | -7.7 | +34.9% |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1.2 | -8.0 | 1.6 | -8.9 | 15.2 | 7.5 | -4.3 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -2.6 | 5.0 | +15.7% |
| 2022 | -0.4 | -14.1 | 12.7 | -6.7 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 10.8 | -3.8 | -9.9 | 4.6 | -16.0 | 5.4 | -5.5% |
| 2021 | -15.3 | -7.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | -6.1 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 4.8 | -1.5 | 10.8 | -0.7 | -9.8 | -12.0% |
| 2020 | -1.7 | -6.0 | -13.9 | 26.1 | 0.4 | -5.6 | 13.3 | 26.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 18.4 | -3.1 | +61.9% |
| 2019 | 9.9 | 4.3 | -9.3 | 2.3 | -4.1 | -0.5 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.5 | -0.1 | +31.3% |
| 2018 | 8.7 | -0.4 | -2.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | -2.5 | 14.6 | -5.2 | -7.0 | 3.5 | -5.9 | +9.3% |
| 2017 | -4.6 | 3.9 | -2.3 | -0.4 | -5.2 | -7.4 | -1.8 | 5.3 | 6.3 | -11.3 | -5.5 | 12.9 | -12.0% |
| 2016 | -11.1 |