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XAUUSD at 4180.30 inside a 4165.72 to 4187.72 Asia range

The next scheduled release is USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change at 12:15 UTC, forecast 73K

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 30, 2026, 6:40 AM

XAUUSD is at 4180.30, inside the Asia range of 4165.72 to 4187.72, 219.9 pips over 520 minutes. Above sit the session open at 4184.31, 40.1 pips away, and the round number 4190.00, 97 pips away; below, the round number 4180.00 is 3 pips away.

New York closed at 4181.62, having ranged from 4142.39 to 4185.32, 429.3 pips over 540 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 941.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 24 percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which our volatility source calls a calm day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, and our calendar reaches to 2026-10-30. USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change is first at 12:15 UTC, forecast 73K against a previous 38K ; over 26 past ADP releases XAUUSD moved 64.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.01 pips in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a weekly change of -4485 and the 76.50 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for XAUUSD, Action Forex leads with Focus Today on Inflation Prints From Europe and the US at impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4180.30 at 2026-09-30 06:39 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4184.31, high 4187.72, low 4165.72, close 4180.30: a range of 219.9 pips over 520 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 4153.60, high 4185.32, low 4142.39, close 4181.62: a range of 429.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 941.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 24th 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 USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-01 06:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD ADP Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-09-30 12:15 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 73K. Previous 38K. From Forex Factory.
  8. XAUUSD reaction to adp_usdOver 26 past releases XAUUSD moved 64.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.01 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week. That is the 76th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Focus Today on Inflation Prints From Europe and the USAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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