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Gold holds 4171.36 in a quiet Asia range

Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release of impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:45 PM

Gold last traded at 4171.36, inside an Asia session that has run 84.9 pips between 4167.72 and 4176.21. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 4175.46, 41 pips up, then the round number at 4180.00, 86.4 pips up. Below sit the session open at 4170.91, 4.5 pips down, and the round number at 4170.00, 13.6 pips down.

New York closed at 4171.65 after a 206.8 pip range between 4154.78 and 4175.46. The prior trading day ran 625.4 pips from 4154.78 to 4217.32. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 784.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 24th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar lists four releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with a Fed Governor Waller Speech at 07:45 UTC. Existing Home Sales follows at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Over 115 past housing_usd releases, XAUUSD moved 56.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.30 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week, the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 19:08 UTC.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4170.91, high 4176.21, low 4167.72, close 4171.36: a range of 84.9 pips over 46 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 4168.44, high 4175.46, low 4154.78, close 4171.65: a range of 206.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4217.32, low 4154.78, close 4171.65 on 2026-10-12, a range of 625.4 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 784.9 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 USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  8. XAUUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 past releases XAUUSD moved 56.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week. That is the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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