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XAUUSD at 4126.52, London range 147.3 pips

FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next high-impact release on the calendar

XAUUSD · London session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 8:45 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4126.52, inside a London session that has run 147.3 pips between 4124.92 and 4139.66. The nearest level above is the session open at 4130.64, 41.2 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 4126.98, 4.6 pips away.

Asia traded a 432.7 pip range, opening at 4168.02, reaching 4170.26 and closing at 4130.64. The prior day covered 820.9 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 820.2 pips, with the latest day at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-06 00:00 UTC. The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is graded impact 3 of 3, and past fomc_usd releases moved XAUUSD 75.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 146.30 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The latest headlines are graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD, led by FXStreet at 08:43 UTC on Dow Jones futures and Treasury yields ahead of the FOMC Minutes.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4130.64, high 4139.66, low 4124.92, close 4126.52: a range of 147.3 pips over 106 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 4168.02, high 4170.26, low 4126.98, close 4130.64: a range of 432.7 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 820.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary 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 2026-10-08 08:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-06 00:00 UTC.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to fomc_usdOver 115 past releases XAUUSD moved 75.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 146.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Dow Jones futures fall as US Treasury yields rebound ahead of FOMC MinutesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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