Gold holds 4183.26 after an Asia range of 293.8 pips
Our calendar covers the next 24 hours and lists no scheduled release of impact 2 or 3
XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 18, 2026, 11:50 PM
Gold last traded at 4183.26, inside an Asia session that has run between 4156.67 and 4186.05, a range of 293.8 pips. The nearest levels are the round number at 4180.00, 32.6 pips below, and the round number at 4190.00, 67.4 pips above. Further up sits the prior day high at 4198.84, 155.8 pips above the last price.
The previous New York session ran 515.0 pips between 4147.34 and 4198.84 and closed at 4165.88. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 709.5 pips, and the latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls a calm day for this market.
Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders, a change of -2456 on the week and the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for XAUUSD carry impact 1 of 3: FXStreet reported Iran describing a new operational plan if the US resumes attacks at 22:28 UTC, and investingLive reported a US threat of retaliation over Starlink spectrum access at 20:36 UTC.
Session brief
- XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4163.52, high 4186.05, low 4156.67, close 4183.26: a range of 293.8 pips over 110 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
- XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
- XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4198.84, low 4147.34, close 4165.88 on 2026-10-16, a range of 515.0 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
- XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 709.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
- CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts, a change of -2456 on the week. That is the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
- Iran says it has a "new operational plan" if the US resumes attacksFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
- US threatens EU with devastating retaliation if Brussels curbs Starlink spectrum accessinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
- Economic calendar for XAU and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-19 23:50 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-17 00:00 UTC.
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