Anglogold Ashanti Option Alert: Jan, 2026 $20 Calls Sweep (6) near the Ask: 799 vs 4412 OI

Anglogold Ashanti Option Alert: Jan, 2026 $20 Calls Sweep (6) near the Ask: 799 @ $13.701 vs 4412 OI; Ref=$32.73

Anglogold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) Stock

Anglogold Ashanti

Anglogold Ashanti PLC is one of the gold miners. The company also produces silver and sulphuric acid as by-products. Its operating divisions are Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the Africa region which includes its operations of the Kibali, Iduapriem, Obuasi, Siguiri, and Geita mines.

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Gold prices surge over 50% in 14 months to hit record high of $20 trillion. Physical buying is up, central banks are piling in, and related stocks signal bullish trend. AU, RING, and GFI may be golden tickets for traders.

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Gold prices have skyrocketed, surging over 50% in just 14 months to hit fresh all-time highs. The metal&#8217;s market cap has now crossed a jaw-dropping $20 trillion — <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/gold">a first in history</a>.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Gold Defies Gravity</h2>
What&#8217;s unusual this time? Gold is climbing alongside the U.S. dollar and bond yields—a rare divergence that&#8217;s raising eyebrows across Wall Street, <a href="https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1892596245794783617?s=31">reported</a> The Kobeissi Letter.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">Furthermore, physical gold buying is SKYROCKETING. Gold inventories in the 3 largest COMEX gold vaults just surged by 15 MILLION ounces in 2 months. That&#39;s a +115% increase, putting physical gold holdings ABOVE 2020 pandemic levels. There has been a CLEAR shift in sentiment. <a href="https://t.co/3B6bmd58gy">pic.twitter.com/3B6bmd58gy</a>
&mdash; The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href="https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1892596250119168237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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What was also noted is that physical gold buying is off the charts. Inventories in the three largest COMEX vaults spiked by 15 million ounces in just two months—a 115% surge that pushed holdings above 2020 pandemic levels.
Meanwhile, China&#8217;s gold reserves hit a record $73.5 billion, while India&#8217;s reached $70.9 billion. Central banks worldwide are piling in, with 2024 marking the third consecutive year of 1,000+ tonnes in net gold purchases—an unprecedented streak, The Kobeissi Letter notes.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Trading The Gold Boom: Golden Crosses Flash Bullish</h2>
With gold glittering, related stocks and ETFs are flashing bullish signals.
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Anglogold Ashanti PLC (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AU#NYSE">AU</a>) just formed a golden cross, where its 50-day moving average crossed above its 200-day. AU&#8217;s share price of $32.02 sits well above both its 50-day SMA of $27.37 and 200-day SMA of $27.01, signaling bullish momentum.
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The iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RING#NASDAQ">RING</a>) also triggered a golden cross. Currently trading at $35.30, RING&#8217;s price outpaces its 50-day SMA of $31.22 and its 200-day SMA of $30.85. 
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Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GFI#NYSE">GFI</a>) followed suit, boasting a 42% gain over the past year and a 36.5% surge year-to-date.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Bet On The Bull Run?</h2>
With gold breaking records, central banks hoarding bullion, and key stocks flashing golden crosses, the trend is hard to ignore. 
As macroeconomic uncertainty looms—from U.S. debt worries to trade tensions—gold's safe-haven appeal seems stronger than ever. 
For traders eyeing the next leg up, AU, RING, and GFI might just be golden tickets.
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RBC Capital analyst Josh Wolfson reiterates Anglogold Ashanti (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AU#NYSE">AU</a>) with a Outperform and maintains $36 price target.

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AngloGold Ashanti shares are trading lower. The company reported Q4 financial results.

Under the new policy, AngloGold Ashanti will target a 50% payout of free cash flow, where free cash flow is defined as operating cash flow less capital expenditure of managed operations, subject to maintaining an adjusted net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of 1.0 times.&nbsp;
Additionally, the revised policy introduces a base dividend of $0.50 per share per annum, payable in quarterly increments of $0.125 per share.&nbsp;
An interim dividend of $347m, or 69 US cents per share, was declared for the second half. This takes the total payout for 2024 to $439m, or 91 US cents per share.
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