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XAUUSD at 3987.84, Asia range 224.2 pips

The USD 2-Year Note Auction is scheduled at 17:00 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3

XAUUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 12:10 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 3987.84, inside an Asia session that has run between 3985.46 and 4007.88, a range of 224.2 pips. The nearest level above is the round number at 3990.00, 21.6 pips away, then the session open at 3999.08, 112.4 pips above. Below sit the round number at 3980.00, 78.4 pips away, and the prior day low at 3975.84, 120 pips below.

The previous New York day ran 582.8 pips between 3975.84 and 4034.12 and closed at 3996.02. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 691.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC, 1009 minutes away, with a previous 4.787%. Over 440 past auction_usd releases XAUUSD moved 38.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 74.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 199865 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-20, a change of -8014 on the week and the 53rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for XAUUSD are all impact 1 of 3: FXStreet at 23:58 UTC on the US President's remark on Iran, FXStreet at 23:24 UTC on gold below $4,000, and investingLive at 20:42 UTC on China's warning of countermeasures.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 3999.08, high 4007.88, low 3985.46, close 3987.84: a range of 224.2 pips over 130 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, previous trading dayHigh 4034.12, low 3975.84, close 3996.02 on 2026-10-23, a range of 582.8 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 691.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 440 past releases XAUUSD moved 38.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 74.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 199865 contracts, a change of -8014 on the week. That is the 53rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. US President Donald Trump says “will not attack Iran today”FXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. Gold declines below $4,000 as higher oil prices reinforce Fed rate-hike expectationsFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. Weekend - China warns of countermeasures as US Treasury widens tech investment curbs to biotechinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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