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XAUUSD at 4282.14, Asia range 4273.53 to 4303.36

USD Unemployment Claims is scheduled for 2026-09-24 12:30 UTC, 524 minutes away, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 24, 2026, 3:45 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4282.14, and the Asia session has run a range of 298.4 pips, from 4273.53 to 4303.36. The nearest level below is the round number 4280.00, 21.4 pips away, and the prior day low is 4274.47, 76.7 pips below. Above, the session open sits at 4288.99, 68.5 pips away, and the round number 4290.00 is 78.6 pips away.

New York closed at 4287.98 after a range of 446.8 pips from 4274.47 to 4319.16 over 540 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 947.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 58 percentile of the last 43 days, which is an ordinary day for this market.

USD Unemployment Claims is at 2026-09-24 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 201K against a previous 196K, and USD New Home Sales follows at 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 615K. Over 49 past releases of the jobless claims family XAUUSD moved 109.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 124.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders of 2026-09-15, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80.40 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4282.14 at 2026-09-24 03:45 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4288.99, high 4303.36, low 4273.53, close 4282.14: a range of 298.4 pips over 346 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, New York sessionOpen 4309.64, high 4319.16, low 4274.47, close 4287.98: a range of 446.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 947.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 58th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD New Home SalesScheduled 2026-09-24 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 615K. Previous 607K. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 49 past releases XAUUSD moved 109.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 124.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-09-24 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 201K. Previous 196K. From Forex Factory.

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