SIC 1000 Metal Mining

BHP Group Limited vs Rio Tinto Plc

WatchlistBHP / RIOPrices through Oct 22, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #3 by market value ($212B vs $112B) with SEC SIC 1000 (Metal Mining).

Rivals, but right now the price gap does not have a measured habit of closing, so there is no paper idea, whatever the gap.

  • Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -0.44 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
  • Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 184.19 (needs <= 63)
Business leadership

Business size

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

No SEC revenue figures for both companies.

Market value: BHP $211.6B, RIO $112.4B.

Stock leadership

BHP is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

BHP leads RIO by 1.61 standard deviations: +11.9% over its usual price ratio. 3 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
BHP-7.3%-2.8%+38.6%
RIO-7.8%-14.9%+23.1%
Relationship

Not a measured twin today

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 2521 (needs >= 254)
Pass
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.89 (needs >= 0.60)
Fail
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -0.44 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Fail
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 184.19 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

BHP BHP Group Limited RIO Rio Tinto PlcPrice index, 100 = 2024-10-18. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
100150Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Spread z-score: BHP relative to RIO, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: BHP ahead; below 0: RIO ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopOct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateBHP indexRIO indexzAhead
2026-10-22135.82128.73+1.61BHP ahead
2026-10-21141.49132.99+1.75BHP ahead
2026-10-20143.33134.88+1.75BHP ahead
2026-10-19145.69136.93+1.78BHP ahead
2026-10-16145.82138.19+1.68BHP ahead
2026-10-15145.13138.02+1.64BHP ahead
2026-10-14145.76139.61+1.55BHP ahead
2026-10-13148.72142.38+1.57BHP ahead
2026-10-12151.82144.28+1.70BHP ahead
2026-10-09151.86145.01+1.64BHP ahead
2026-10-08148.51142.81+1.55BHP ahead
2026-10-07149.19142.53+1.66BHP ahead
2026-10-06152.31146.71+1.55BHP ahead
2026-10-05152.01146.34+1.57BHP ahead
2026-10-02150.68144.14+1.68BHP ahead
2026-10-01148.20142.09+1.66BHP ahead
2026-09-30148.53144.08+1.48BHP ahead
2026-09-29148.49144.06+1.49BHP ahead
2026-09-28148.07144.45+1.41BHP ahead
2026-09-25148.76144.68+1.47BHP ahead
2026-09-24148.97144.54+1.52BHP ahead
2026-09-23148.72145.73+1.37BHP ahead
2026-09-22153.76149.16+1.54BHP ahead
2026-09-21150.72148.47+1.31BHP ahead
2026-09-18151.03148.97+1.29BHP ahead
2026-09-17151.54150.00+1.24BHP ahead
2026-09-16147.30146.56+1.16BHP ahead
2026-09-15148.41148.81+1.04BHP ahead
2026-09-14148.35149.39+0.97BHP ahead
2026-09-11152.57152.94+1.04BHP ahead
2026-09-10152.92152.07+1.18BHP ahead
2026-09-09161.50158.72+1.37BHP ahead
2026-09-08161.05158.86+1.32BHP ahead
2026-09-04158.30158.00+1.12BHP ahead
2026-09-03162.31157.34+1.60BHP ahead
2026-09-02163.57157.21+1.74BHP ahead
2026-09-01162.50155.84+1.78BHP ahead
2026-08-31164.43156.82+1.88BHP ahead
2026-08-28166.58158.05+1.97BHP ahead
2026-08-27168.71160.31+1.95BHP ahead
2026-08-26168.64160.19+1.97BHP ahead
2026-08-25172.78163.42+2.05BHP ahead
2026-08-24170.05160.34+2.11BHP ahead
2026-08-21169.87161.11+2.03BHP ahead
2026-08-20163.92156.32+1.95BHP ahead
2026-08-19161.57153.67+2.00BHP ahead
2026-08-18155.97147.93+2.06BHP ahead
2026-08-17154.71148.73+1.84BHP ahead
2026-08-14151.93146.39+1.82BHP ahead
2026-08-13152.71150.24+1.47BHP ahead
2026-08-12157.77154.87+1.52BHP ahead
2026-08-11157.60154.51+1.54BHP ahead
2026-08-10158.63155.92+1.51BHP ahead
2026-08-07158.28154.68+1.62BHP ahead
2026-08-06153.89152.46+1.38BHP ahead
2026-08-05156.48155.31+1.36BHP ahead
2026-08-04153.12151.48+1.42BHP ahead
2026-08-03146.18146.73+1.17BHP ahead
2026-07-31147.92148.18+1.21BHP ahead
2026-07-30150.39148.68+1.45BHP ahead
2026-07-29145.50143.30+1.52BHP ahead
2026-07-28146.69140.21+2.07BHP ahead
2026-07-27146.94140.68+2.06BHP ahead
2026-07-24146.57139.57+2.18BHP ahead
2026-07-23146.45140.01+2.13BHP ahead
2026-07-22148.00141.19+2.19BHP ahead
2026-07-21146.10138.54+2.33BHP ahead
2026-07-20140.91136.28+1.98BHP ahead
2026-07-17141.18137.93+1.80BHP ahead
2026-07-16141.30138.72+1.72BHP ahead
2026-07-15149.65143.24+2.21BHP ahead
2026-07-14147.67142.73+2.05BHP ahead
2026-07-13142.45137.47+2.09BHP ahead
2026-07-10143.00138.53+2.04BHP ahead
2026-07-09139.90136.92+1.86BHP ahead
2026-07-08137.08135.86+1.62BHP ahead
2026-07-07140.46139.61+1.57BHP ahead
2026-07-06146.43143.18+1.91BHP ahead
2026-07-02145.89144.46+1.67BHP ahead
2026-07-01143.94142.82+1.65BHP ahead
2026-06-30145.85145.24+1.59BHP ahead
2026-06-29143.10144.26+1.35BHP ahead
2026-06-26141.84143.42+1.30BHP ahead
2026-06-25142.09145.52+1.05BHP ahead
2026-06-24141.32143.86+1.17BHP ahead
2026-06-23144.00146.24+1.23BHP ahead
2026-06-22150.18152.02+1.30BHP ahead
2026-06-18153.83153.12+1.65BHP ahead
2026-06-17158.19157.08+1.71BHP ahead
2026-06-16161.96161.78+1.60BHP ahead
2026-06-15161.29162.01+1.49BHP ahead
2026-06-12159.00161.18+1.31BHP ahead
2026-06-11154.06158.57+0.99BHP ahead
2026-06-10145.22151.56+0.71BHP ahead
2026-06-09148.34155.17+0.66BHP ahead
2026-06-08146.53154.42+0.50BHP ahead
2026-06-05144.82154.05+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-06-04155.43161.26+0.82BHP ahead
2026-06-03159.05165.02+0.83BHP ahead
2026-06-02163.08170.85+0.63BHP ahead
2026-06-01159.70166.71+0.70BHP ahead
2026-05-29155.65162.78+0.67BHP ahead
2026-05-28153.71162.90+0.40near the usual relationship
2026-05-27153.76163.11+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-05-26151.42163.62+0.00near the usual relationship
2026-05-22148.11159.47+0.07near the usual relationship
2026-05-21148.70160.28+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-05-20146.27158.06+0.00near the usual relationship
2026-05-19143.33154.41+0.07near the usual relationship
2026-05-18147.09158.09+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-05-15147.76158.64+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-05-14155.69167.67+0.07near the usual relationship
2026-05-13158.98171.42+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-05-12154.62167.53-0.05near the usual relationship
2026-05-11153.45165.09+0.09near the usual relationship
2026-05-08148.32161.23-0.12near the usual relationship
2026-05-07144.52157.76-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-05-06147.64161.43-0.24near the usual relationship
2026-05-05138.73153.76-0.53RIO ahead
2026-05-04136.33150.90-0.50RIO ahead
2026-05-01138.41153.89-0.59RIO ahead
2026-04-30138.83153.73-0.51RIO ahead
2026-04-29134.91147.63-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-04-28136.76150.69-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-04-27139.78152.92-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-04-24139.74152.40-0.20near the usual relationship
2026-04-23139.78151.24-0.04near the usual relationship
2026-04-22141.04153.43-0.15near the usual relationship
2026-04-21136.01149.51-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-04-20139.34152.74-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-17140.84153.23-0.15near the usual relationship
2026-04-16139.13152.56-0.31near the usual relationship
2026-04-15139.13150.80-0.07near the usual relationship
2026-04-14138.60151.27-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-04-13136.73151.77-0.56RIO ahead
2026-04-10134.47150.34-0.71RIO ahead
2026-04-09135.21148.61-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-04-08134.73150.63-0.70RIO ahead
2026-04-07128.34144.83-0.90RIO ahead
2026-04-06127.43143.83-0.91RIO ahead
2026-04-02128.22144.51-0.88RIO ahead
2026-04-01128.78145.06-0.87RIO ahead
2026-03-31127.35142.73-0.77RIO ahead
2026-03-30120.83135.89-0.85RIO ahead
2026-03-27121.67132.56-0.19near the usual relationship
2026-03-26119.92131.26-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-03-25122.57133.94-0.25near the usual relationship
2026-03-24120.40132.76-0.44near the usual relationship
2026-03-23119.42131.33-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-03-20114.30127.22-0.63RIO ahead
2026-03-19117.94131.04-0.59RIO ahead
2026-03-18119.57134.21-0.80RIO ahead
2026-03-17123.39137.39-0.64RIO ahead
2026-03-16123.09137.48-0.71RIO ahead
2026-03-13120.34134.38-0.70RIO ahead
2026-03-12123.90138.77-0.77RIO ahead
2026-03-11128.41140.88-0.34near the usual relationship
2026-03-10129.36140.27-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-03-09127.61138.23-0.07near the usual relationship
2026-03-06125.79138.02-0.34near the usual relationship
2026-03-05132.35142.85+0.00near the usual relationship
2026-03-04136.78147.26+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-03-03137.13145.82+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-03-02145.33152.40+0.61BHP ahead
2026-02-27142.80151.99+0.30near the usual relationship
2026-02-26141.93151.61+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-02-25143.00154.19+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-02-24139.44150.11+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-02-23136.57149.43-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-02-20134.49148.55-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-02-19131.43147.40-0.79RIO ahead
2026-02-18130.48151.36-1.51RIO ahead
2026-02-17130.06148.23-1.15RIO ahead
2026-02-13128.47150.05-1.68RIO ahead
2026-02-12127.38149.80-1.84RIO ahead
2026-02-11131.53152.26-1.52RIO ahead
2026-02-10126.66148.78-1.85RIO ahead
2026-02-09125.47148.18-1.99RIO ahead
2026-02-06121.92142.92-1.85RIO ahead
2026-02-05120.97139.41-1.49RIO ahead
2026-02-04126.44147.61-1.79RIO ahead
2026-02-03127.35147.44-1.63RIO ahead
2026-02-02121.48141.55-1.79RIO ahead
2026-01-30120.33139.27-1.65RIO ahead
2026-01-29126.35145.55-1.56RIO ahead
2026-01-28124.23142.85-1.53RIO ahead
2026-01-27123.41142.15-1.58RIO ahead
2026-01-26118.64138.42-1.89RIO ahead
2026-01-23118.21138.36-1.99RIO ahead
2026-01-22113.74133.57-2.09RIO ahead
2026-01-21114.86135.92-2.30RIO ahead
2026-01-20112.73131.09-1.91RIO ahead
2026-01-16113.55130.25-1.61RIO ahead
2026-01-15115.60132.11-1.53RIO ahead
2026-01-14115.58131.40-1.42RIO ahead
2026-01-13112.03127.89-1.53RIO ahead
2026-01-12109.94126.81-1.80RIO ahead
2026-01-09108.05124.13-1.72RIO ahead
2026-01-08110.21128.81-2.17RIO ahead
2026-01-07111.80129.87-2.04RIO ahead
2026-01-06113.45130.40-1.80RIO ahead
2026-01-05110.54127.31-1.87RIO ahead
2026-01-02108.12124.59-1.91RIO ahead
2025-12-31105.69122.44-2.07RIO ahead
2025-12-30106.65123.19-2.02RIO ahead
2025-12-29105.72123.01-2.24RIO ahead
2025-12-26108.35125.83-2.22RIO ahead
2025-12-24106.57123.76-2.25RIO ahead
2025-12-23106.93123.88-2.22RIO ahead
2025-12-22106.39122.55-2.09RIO ahead
2025-12-19103.85119.83-2.17RIO ahead
2025-12-18103.76118.77-1.98RIO ahead
2025-12-17103.38118.10-1.95RIO ahead
2025-12-16102.63116.26-1.73RIO ahead
2025-12-15103.62116.00-1.42RIO ahead
2025-12-12104.41115.76-1.16RIO ahead
2025-12-11106.65117.41-0.97RIO ahead
2025-12-10105.97116.65-0.97RIO ahead
2025-12-09103.31113.83-1.01RIO ahead
2025-12-08102.14111.72-0.81RIO ahead
2025-12-05103.03111.78-0.58RIO ahead
2025-12-04103.24112.81-0.79RIO ahead
2025-12-03101.40113.65-1.51RIO ahead
2025-12-0298.51110.68-1.59RIO ahead
2025-12-0196.59110.11-2.03RIO ahead
2025-11-2895.82110.08-2.28RIO ahead
2025-11-2696.08110.47-2.34RIO ahead
2025-11-2593.98108.74-2.57RIO ahead
2025-11-2492.66107.82-2.78RIO ahead
2025-11-2192.93107.08-2.54RIO ahead
2025-11-2092.05105.23-2.33RIO ahead
2025-11-1993.61106.23-2.14RIO ahead
2025-11-1894.03106.70-2.16RIO ahead
2025-11-1795.57107.85-2.01RIO ahead
2025-11-1496.69108.06-1.73RIO ahead
2025-11-1397.95108.69-1.52RIO ahead
2025-11-1298.60108.80-1.36RIO ahead
2025-11-1197.64107.59-1.32RIO ahead
2025-11-1097.79107.54-1.27RIO ahead
2025-11-0796.57106.07-1.25RIO ahead
2025-11-0697.36105.98-0.97RIO ahead
2025-11-0597.18105.66-0.94RIO ahead
2025-11-0495.31103.87-1.02RIO ahead
2025-11-0398.30107.67-1.19RIO ahead
2025-10-3199.88109.76-1.30RIO ahead
2025-10-30100.21110.47-1.41RIO ahead
2025-10-29101.47111.05-1.19RIO ahead
2025-10-28100.02110.14-1.40RIO ahead
2025-10-2798.70108.52-1.36RIO ahead
2025-10-2497.37107.93-1.63RIO ahead
2025-10-2396.80108.05-1.87RIO ahead
2025-10-2297.67106.73-1.21RIO ahead
2025-10-2197.99104.56-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-10-2099.44105.94-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-10-1797.32104.07-0.55RIO ahead
2025-10-1698.53105.19-0.50RIO ahead
2025-10-1599.25105.35-0.33near the usual relationship
2025-10-1498.77104.38-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-10-1397.53104.28-0.56RIO ahead
2025-10-1093.87100.12-0.49near the usual relationship
2025-10-0998.11102.51+0.12near the usual relationship
2025-10-0898.14103.58-0.18near the usual relationship
2025-10-0796.64101.36+0.00near the usual relationship
2025-10-0697.99102.48+0.08near the usual relationship
2025-10-0397.11101.15+0.19near the usual relationship
2025-10-0297.16101.38+0.14near the usual relationship
2025-10-0197.60101.42+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-09-3097.60100.99+0.37near the usual relationship
2025-09-2998.42100.86+0.66BHP ahead
2025-09-2695.8399.14+0.38near the usual relationship
2025-09-2597.50100.11+0.60BHP ahead
2025-09-2493.6697.72+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-09-2393.2997.26+0.15near the usual relationship
2025-09-2293.0597.38+0.03near the usual relationship
2025-09-1991.2895.44+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-09-1891.3594.83+0.27near the usual relationship
2025-09-1793.0896.37+0.35near the usual relationship
2025-09-1694.7397.06+0.65BHP ahead
2025-09-1595.9497.49+0.89BHP ahead
2025-09-1294.6695.53+1.10BHP ahead
2025-09-1194.9195.69+1.13BHP ahead
2025-09-1093.2295.01+0.81BHP ahead
2025-09-0993.0594.66+0.86BHP ahead
2025-09-0894.8997.49+0.57BHP ahead
2025-09-0595.2297.87+0.55BHP ahead
2025-09-0497.2595.56+1.87BHP ahead
2025-09-0397.8595.59+2.05BHP ahead
2025-09-0297.4694.69+2.24BHP ahead
2025-08-2997.6495.96+1.91BHP ahead
2025-08-2898.2596.21+2.03BHP ahead
2025-08-2797.8195.03+2.28BHP ahead
2025-08-2697.4394.78+2.26BHP ahead
2025-08-2597.6495.36+2.16BHP ahead
2025-08-2297.9595.91+2.10BHP ahead
2025-08-2195.4193.79+1.99BHP ahead
2025-08-2093.8292.75+1.83BHP ahead
2025-08-1994.0192.70+1.93BHP ahead
2025-08-1893.5492.35+1.91BHP ahead
2025-08-1594.8093.70+1.89BHP ahead
2025-08-1494.2295.65+1.05BHP ahead
2025-08-1395.8297.26+1.06BHP ahead
2025-08-1294.6196.54+0.89BHP ahead
2025-08-1193.3395.07+0.95BHP ahead
2025-08-0892.5494.65+0.83BHP ahead
2025-08-0791.2392.98+0.94BHP ahead
2025-08-0690.2391.94+0.95BHP ahead
2025-08-0589.5191.34+0.90BHP ahead
2025-08-0490.3991.80+1.06BHP ahead
2025-08-0188.8191.26+0.68BHP ahead
2025-07-3188.7191.45+0.58BHP ahead
2025-07-3088.6791.02+0.72BHP ahead
2025-07-2992.2895.27+0.53BHP ahead
2025-07-2891.5395.15+0.31near the usual relationship
2025-07-2593.0596.54+0.37near the usual relationship
2025-07-2494.6897.66+0.55BHP ahead
2025-07-2396.8398.87+0.86BHP ahead
2025-07-2296.3998.42+0.86BHP ahead
2025-07-2193.1094.94+0.90BHP ahead
2025-07-1890.7692.63+0.87BHP ahead
2025-07-1790.4991.85+1.04BHP ahead
2025-07-1689.5891.37+0.89BHP ahead
2025-07-1588.1889.46+1.06BHP ahead
2025-07-1490.9091.52+1.29BHP ahead
2025-07-1191.1893.48+0.72BHP ahead
2025-07-1090.1891.95+0.89BHP ahead
2025-07-0986.8589.83+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-07-0886.4189.86+0.26near the usual relationship
2025-07-0786.4788.22+0.85BHP ahead
2025-07-0388.4590.30+0.82BHP ahead
2025-07-0288.8192.07+0.35near the usual relationship
2025-07-0185.2189.20+0.04near the usual relationship
2025-06-3084.1989.24-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-06-2785.1289.87-0.23near the usual relationship
2025-06-2684.6389.63-0.32near the usual relationship
2025-06-2581.8386.77-0.37near the usual relationship
2025-06-2482.7987.50-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-06-2381.9987.35-0.52RIO ahead
2025-06-2080.7885.51-0.33near the usual relationship
2025-06-1883.3787.12+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-06-1783.6587.22+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-06-1685.6189.21+0.14near the usual relationship
2025-06-1385.0088.74+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-06-1287.2089.78+0.51BHP ahead
2025-06-1188.6090.01+0.91BHP ahead
2025-06-1089.0890.99+0.75BHP ahead
2025-06-0987.8590.74+0.41near the usual relationship
2025-06-0686.8090.32+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-06-0587.2490.64+0.23near the usual relationship
2025-06-0485.9689.58+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-06-0385.0890.04-0.33near the usual relationship
2025-06-0286.5491.16-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-05-3085.7790.93-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-05-2986.2692.11-0.61RIO ahead
2025-05-2886.1391.72-0.53RIO ahead
2025-05-2787.1893.02-0.59RIO ahead
2025-05-2387.3494.22-0.92RIO ahead
2025-05-2286.0593.51-1.16RIO ahead
2025-05-2186.3894.83-1.48RIO ahead
2025-05-2087.0495.23-1.38RIO ahead
2025-05-1988.1595.46-1.08RIO ahead
2025-05-1688.4395.84-1.11RIO ahead
2025-05-1588.4696.01-1.16RIO ahead
2025-05-1488.0694.91-0.94RIO ahead
2025-05-1388.9595.27-0.75RIO ahead
2025-05-1287.3693.96-0.88RIO ahead
2025-05-0985.2191.77-0.93RIO ahead
2025-05-0884.3390.54-0.83RIO ahead
2025-05-0784.6891.83-1.14RIO ahead
2025-05-0685.4991.49-0.74RIO ahead
2025-05-0585.1291.14-0.75RIO ahead
2025-05-0285.4991.34-0.68RIO ahead
2025-05-0183.5389.58-0.80RIO ahead
2025-04-3083.2590.88-1.36RIO ahead
2025-04-2985.0893.15-1.46RIO ahead
2025-04-2884.7793.13-1.58RIO ahead
2025-04-2584.4092.66-1.57RIO ahead
2025-04-2486.3394.38-1.45RIO ahead
2025-04-2384.7092.11-1.30RIO ahead
2025-04-2283.4291.22-1.48RIO ahead
2025-04-2182.0989.46-1.39RIO ahead
2025-04-1781.3989.00-1.51RIO ahead
2025-04-1679.8887.45-1.55RIO ahead
2025-04-1580.9787.61-1.19RIO ahead
2025-04-1481.0487.22-1.04RIO ahead
2025-04-1179.2287.00-1.67RIO ahead
2025-04-1076.1483.95-1.81RIO ahead
2025-04-0977.6485.08-1.62RIO ahead
2025-04-0870.4180.05-2.78RIO ahead
2025-04-0774.0983.48-2.52RIO ahead
2025-04-0473.6583.64-2.80RIO ahead
2025-04-0381.3789.40-1.78RIO ahead
2025-04-0283.8291.65-1.64RIO ahead
2025-04-0185.4092.15-1.24RIO ahead
2025-03-3184.9891.92-1.32RIO ahead
2025-03-2885.6493.38-1.57RIO ahead
2025-03-2786.8995.38-1.79RIO ahead
2025-03-2687.2296.19-1.94RIO ahead
2025-03-2586.9296.10-2.03RIO ahead
2025-03-2486.3195.12-1.95RIO ahead
2025-03-2186.0594.84-1.97RIO ahead
2025-03-2086.3396.27-2.35RIO ahead
2025-03-1987.6497.71-2.37RIO ahead
2025-03-1888.4898.13-2.24RIO ahead
2025-03-1788.5397.11-1.92RIO ahead
2025-03-1486.5796.45-2.42RIO ahead
2025-03-1385.1793.64-2.03RIO ahead
2025-03-1284.6692.99-2.02RIO ahead
2025-03-1187.1594.63-1.67RIO ahead
2025-03-1086.8595.18-1.97RIO ahead
2025-03-0787.8295.33-1.70RIO ahead
2025-03-0688.7497.83-2.19RIO ahead
2025-03-0588.7897.54-2.11RIO ahead
2025-03-0486.1795.15-2.30RIO ahead
2025-03-0385.5093.41-1.98RIO ahead
2025-02-2884.8792.66-1.98RIO ahead
2025-02-2786.4192.89-1.51RIO ahead
2025-02-2687.9294.22-1.43RIO ahead
2025-02-2588.7695.03-1.41RIO ahead
2025-02-2489.4495.99-1.50RIO ahead
2025-02-2190.0697.20-1.70RIO ahead
2025-02-2091.2398.36-1.68RIO ahead
2025-02-1989.4396.02-1.56RIO ahead
2025-02-1890.9398.19-1.76RIO ahead
2025-02-1490.2596.94-1.61RIO ahead
2025-02-1390.7496.83-1.41RIO ahead
2025-02-1288.6994.92-1.52RIO ahead
2025-02-1187.8994.32-1.62RIO ahead
2025-02-1088.9795.24-1.55RIO ahead
2025-02-0788.1594.78-1.71RIO ahead
2025-02-0688.7495.15-1.64RIO ahead
2025-02-0587.6293.90-1.63RIO ahead
2025-02-0487.2493.64-1.70RIO ahead
2025-02-0385.4291.57-1.68RIO ahead
2025-01-3186.0592.43-1.76RIO ahead
2025-01-3087.1093.19-1.65RIO ahead
2025-01-2985.4291.37-1.66RIO ahead
2025-01-2885.2891.65-1.84RIO ahead
2025-01-2787.3694.81-2.19RIO ahead
2025-01-2487.3195.00-2.31RIO ahead
2025-01-2386.6194.19-2.32RIO ahead
2025-01-2285.9193.51-2.39RIO ahead
2025-01-2187.7594.45-2.03RIO ahead
2025-01-1787.6993.48-1.71RIO ahead
2025-01-1686.7691.48-1.33RIO ahead
2025-01-1587.2092.50-1.56RIO ahead
2025-01-1486.8792.38-1.66RIO ahead
2025-01-1386.3191.06-1.39RIO ahead
2025-01-1084.9890.02-1.54RIO ahead
2025-01-0885.2989.70-1.30RIO ahead
2025-01-0784.3589.03-1.44RIO ahead
2025-01-0684.8989.32-1.33RIO ahead
2025-01-0385.4589.66-1.24RIO ahead
2025-01-0286.1589.92-1.07RIO ahead
2024-12-3185.4989.98-1.36RIO ahead
2024-12-3085.4089.64-1.28RIO ahead
2024-12-2786.1590.28-1.23RIO ahead
2024-12-2686.4090.65-1.28RIO ahead
2024-12-2486.5290.58-1.21RIO ahead
2024-12-2386.5090.62-1.24RIO ahead
2024-12-2086.1389.72-1.06RIO ahead
2024-12-1985.6889.86-1.29RIO ahead
2024-12-1886.4890.79-1.33RIO ahead
2024-12-1789.2994.03-1.45RIO ahead
2024-12-1689.4893.73-1.28RIO ahead
2024-12-1390.4695.18-1.44RIO ahead
2024-12-1291.8297.08-1.61RIO ahead
2024-12-1193.7799.42-1.72RIO ahead
2024-12-1093.4999.17-1.76RIO ahead
2024-12-0994.1099.28-1.59RIO ahead
2024-12-0689.9995.03-1.64RIO ahead
2024-12-0591.3797.18-1.90RIO ahead
2024-12-0492.3796.99-1.48RIO ahead
2024-12-0393.0097.17-1.33RIO ahead
2024-12-0292.5296.80-1.38RIO ahead
2024-11-2992.1796.14-1.29RIO ahead
2024-11-2790.6995.35-1.58RIO ahead
2024-11-2689.6294.91-1.84RIO ahead
2024-11-2591.8496.36-1.54RIO ahead
2024-11-2291.6795.39-1.27RIO ahead
2024-11-2191.0795.73-1.63RIO ahead
2024-11-2091.5195.46-1.38RIO ahead
2024-11-1992.2395.52-1.14RIO ahead
2024-11-1891.8995.04-1.10RIO ahead
2024-11-1590.7693.30-0.89RIO ahead
2024-11-1491.1292.46-0.44near the usual relationship
2024-11-1391.6092.75-0.37near the usual relationship
2024-11-1292.0993.64-0.52RIO ahead
2024-11-1193.7195.78-0.71RIO ahead
2024-11-0896.6298.58-0.65RIO ahead
2024-11-07101.10103.23-0.68RIO ahead
2024-11-0697.9399.95-0.67RIO ahead
2024-11-0599.23100.21-0.31near the usual relationship
2024-11-0498.2599.46-0.40near the usual relationship
2024-11-0197.9399.95-0.69RIO ahead
2024-10-3197.0999.28-0.76RIO ahead
2024-10-3098.77100.83-0.70RIO ahead
2024-10-29100.04101.87-0.62RIO ahead
2024-10-28100.00101.25-0.43near the usual relationship
2024-10-2598.8199.88-0.38near the usual relationship
2024-10-2498.3298.85-0.20near the usual relationship
2024-10-2397.5798.67-0.40near the usual relationship
2024-10-2299.16100.18-0.37near the usual relationship
2024-10-2198.6099.37-0.30near the usual relationship
2024-10-18100.00100.00-0.03near the usual relationship

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): Apr 4, 2025 (BHP -9.5%, RIO -6.4%); Apr 9, 2025 (BHP +10.3%, RIO +6.3%); Sep 5, 2025 (BHP -2.1%, RIO +2.4%).

Paired trades

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Forward paper record

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Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

3 simulated trades to Oct 20, 2026: +1.64% per trade on average after costs, 2 won.

LegsEnteredExitedWhyDaysBefore costsCosts + borrowAfter costs
Long BHP · Short RIOSep 20, 2021Oct 29, 2021converged39$550.02-$49.66$500.37 (+5.00%)
Long RIO · Short BHPMar 5, 2021Apr 20, 2021converged46$407.61-$50.24$357.38 (+3.57%)
Long RIO · Short BHPJun 29, 2018Jul 31, 2018divergence stop32-$315.73-$48.83-$364.56 (-3.65%)

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

BHP and RIO at a glance

BHP BHP Group Limited

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 811809
Industry
Coal Mining · SIC 1000 Metal Mining
Market value
$211.6B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

RIO Rio Tinto Plc

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 863064
Industry
Metal Mining · SIC 1000 Metal Mining
Market value
$112.4B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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