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Gold holds 4169.50 in a narrow Asia range

FOMC Meeting Minutes are scheduled for 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 11:30 PM

Gold last traded at 4169.50, inside an Asia session that has run 82.2 pips between 4161.62 and 4169.83 over 91 minutes. The nearest level above is the round number at 4170.00, 5 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 4160.00, 95 pips away.

New York closed at 4164.38 after a 410.0 pip range between 4143.47 and 4184.48. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 820.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 23:30 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC. The FOMC Meeting Minutes carry impact 3 of 3, and over 112 past releases of that family XAUUSD moved 76.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 147.98 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for XAUUSD is graded impact 2 of 3 and was published at 2026-10-06 23:28:27 UTC.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4168.02, high 4169.83, low 4161.62, close 4169.50: a range of 82.2 pips over 91 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4173.70, high 4184.48, low 4143.47, close 4164.38: a range of 410.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 820.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for XAU and USD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 23:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to fomc_usdOver 112 past releases XAUUSD moved 76.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 147.98 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Gold rises above $4,150 as bond yields turn lower, traders await FOMC MinutesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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