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Gold at 4347.41, 25.9 pips below the 4350.00 round number

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports

XAUUSD · London session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 7:00 AM

Gold last traded at 4347.41, 25.9 pips below the round number 4350.00 and 11.5 pips above the previous session low at 4346.26. Below that sit the round number 4340.00 at 74.1 pips and the previous day low 4334.30 at 131.1 pips.

The Asia session ran 371.8 pips from 4383.44 down to 4346.26, opening at 4375.06 and closing at 4353.46 over 540 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 19th percentile of the last 42 days, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar shows 0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 for XAU and USD in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC. Our calendar covers this whole window, and it reaches as far as 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports, dated 2026-09-15.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4347.41 at 2026-09-21 07:00 UTC, from our own candles.
  3. XAUUSD, Asia sessionOpen 4375.06, high 4383.44, low 4346.26, close 4353.46: a range of 371.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 19th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for XAU and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  6. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

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