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XAUUSD holds 4022.93 near the low of a 121 pip Asia range

US Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, the first scheduled releases of the session

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 12:05 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4022.93, inside an Asia session that has run 121 pips between 4020.48 and 4032.58 since the 4026.92 open. The round number at 4030.00 sits 70.7 pips above the last price, and the prior day low at 4020.58 sits 23.5 pips below, with the round number at 4020.00 a further 29.3 pips below that.

New York fell from a 4059.55 open to a 4024.69 close on 2026-10-22, a range of 712.8 pips between 4020.58 and 4091.86. The full prior trading day covered 1265.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 683.4 pips; the latest day sits at the 89th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Flash Manufacturing PMI at 13:45 UTC, forecast 55.4 against a previous 57.0. Over 97 past pmi_usd releases XAUUSD moved 61.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 106.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-10-13, a change of -2456 on the week and the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for XAUUSD, FXStreet reported the Japanese Yen surging as risk-off mood drove safe-haven demand at 2026-10-22 15:55 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4026.92, high 4032.58, low 4020.48, close 4022.93: a range of 121 pips over 125 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 4059.55, high 4091.86, low 4020.58, close 4024.69: a range of 712.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 683.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 89th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 97 past releases XAUUSD moved 61.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 106.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. Japanese Yen surges as risk-off mood drives safe-haven demandFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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