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Gold holds 4161.50 in a 36.6 pip Asia range

US CPI lands at 12:30 UTC, the top-graded release for gold on our calendar

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 10:45 PM

Gold last traded at 4161.50, inside an Asia session that has run 36.6 pips between 4159.24 and 4162.90 since the 4162.01 open. The nearest level above is the round number at 4170.00, 85 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 4160.00, 15 pips away.

New York closed at 4161.52 after a 439.9 pip range between 4146.92 and 4190.92, and the prior trading day ran 537.2 pips from 4146.92 to 4200.65. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 755.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 10th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

The next scheduled release is US CPI at 12:30 UTC, graded impact 3 of 3, with CPI m/m, Core CPI m/m, CPI y/y and Core CPI y/y at the same time. Over 70 past cpi_usd releases, XAUUSD moved 78.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 112.00 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 gold is the investingLive Americas FX news wrap from 21:19 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4162.01, high 4162.90, low 4159.24, close 4161.50: a range of 36.6 pips over 45 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 4185.46, high 4190.92, low 4146.92, close 4161.52: a range of 439.9 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 755.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 10th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD CPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-14 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.6%. Previous 3.4%. From Forex Factory.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to cpi_usdOver 70 past releases XAUUSD moved 78.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 112.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. investingLive Americas FX news wrap 13 Oct: Dollar retreats as traders await CPI; oil rises and stocks slipinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD CPIScheduled 2026-10-14 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 334.918. Previous 334.131. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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