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XAUUSD at 4185.98 inside London range 4183.17 to 4202.42

Next on the calendar is USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change at 12:15 UTC, 164 minutes away

XAUUSD · London session · Published Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4185.98, inside a London range of 4183.17 to 4202.42. Above sit the round number 4190.00, 40.2 pips up, and the prior session high at 4195.06, 90.8 pips higher; below are the prior day high at 4185.32, 6.6 pips away, and the round number 4180.00 at 59.8 pips.

The Asia session ranged 293.4 pips, from 4165.72 to 4195.06, closing at 4190.92. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 941.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 24th percentile of the last 42 days, a calm day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-01 09:30 UTC, and our calendar covers to 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC. Past ADP releases moved XAUUSD 64.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.01 in the first 60 ; core PCE releases moved it 49.87 pips and 117.44.

Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts in the COT report of 2026-09-22, a weekly change of -4485 and the 76.50 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest XAUUSD headline, graded 2 of 3, reads: Dow Jones futures advance as Fed rate hike expectations cool.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4190.94, high 4202.42, low 4183.17, close 4185.98: a range of 192.4 pips over 150 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, Asia sessionOpen 4184.31, high 4195.06, low 4165.72, close 4190.92: a range of 293.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 941.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 24th 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 USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-01 09:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to adp_usdOver 26 past releases XAUUSD moved 64.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.01 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to pce_usdOver 36 past releases XAUUSD moved 49.87 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 117.44 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week. That is the 76th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Dow Jones futures advance as Fed rate hike expectations coolFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD ADP Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-09-30 12:15 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 73K. Previous 38K. From Forex Factory.

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