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Lumber Futures to Platinum Ratio
The lumber futures to platinum ratio is 0.3044 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Platinum at $1,885.38 per Troy Ounce.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Platinum ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 0.3044 T.oz of platinum
Inverse (PL/LB-FUT): 3.285 — one Troy Ounce of platinum buys that much lumber futures.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (40th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Platinum
$1,885.38
per Troy Ounce
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Troy Ounce. The ratio reads as Troy Ounces of platinum per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:28:08 GMT.
1Y average
0.3249
median 0.3242
1Y low
0.2034
Jan 26, 2026
1Y high
0.4529
Aug 26, 2025
Normal band
0.2709–0.3790
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.38σ
311 observations
Lumber Futures to Platinum ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/PL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Platinum price chart below.
LB-FUT/PL ratio line
How many T.oz of Platinum one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/PL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/PL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Platinum prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the lumber futures to platinum ratio
Lumber Futures to Platinum ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Platinum price per Troy Ounce
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Troy Ounces of platinum per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $574.00 ÷ $1,885.38 = 0.3044. The inverse is 3.285.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the lumber futures to platinum ratio today?
The lumber futures to platinum ratio is 0.3044 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Platinum at $1,885.38 per Troy Ounce, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to platinum ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the platinum price per Troy Ounce. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Troy Ounces of platinum per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to platinum ratio?
The inverse, platinum to lumber futures, is 3.285 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Troy Ounce of platinum buys.