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XAUUSD at 4373.80, Asia range 4358.63 to 4382.28

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 12:40 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4373.80, within the Asia session range of 4358.63 to 4382.28, a range of 236.4 pips. Above it, the session open at 4375.06 is 12.6 pips away and the round number at 4380.00 is 62 pips away. Below it, the round number at 4370.00 is 38 pips away.

The previous session, New York, ran between 4334.30 and 4399.68 and closed at 4377.88, a range of 653.8 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 19th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, a calm day for this market.

Our calendar shows 0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 for XAU and USD in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 00:40 UTC, and it covers that whole window. Our calendar reaches up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators hold a net long of 230338 contracts in the report of 2026-09-15, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4373.80 at 2026-09-21 00:39 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4375.06, high 4382.28, low 4358.63, close 4373.80: a range of 236.4 pips over 160 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  3. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4399.68, low 4334.30, close 4377.88 on 2026-09-18, a range of 653.8 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 19th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for XAU and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 00:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

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