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XAUUSD at 4144.02, London range 148.4 pips

US CPI lands at 12:30 UTC, the top-graded event for XAUUSD on our calendar

XAUUSD · London session · Published Oct 14, 2026, 8:45 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4144.02, inside a London session that has run 148.4 pips between 4142.96 and 4157.81. The nearest level above is the round number at 4150.00, 59.8 pips up, and the nearest below is the Asia session low at 4144.48, 4.6 pips down.

Asia traded 260.4 pips between 4144.48 and 4170.51 and closed at 4147.74. The prior day ran 537.2 pips, while an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 755.1 pips; the latest day sits at the 10th percentile of the last 42 days, which the volatility source calls a calm day for this market.

The next scheduled release is US CPI at 12:30 UTC, graded impact 3 of 3, with CPI m/m forecast at 0.6% and CPI y/y at 3.6%. Across 70 past cpi_usd releases, XAUUSD moved 78.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 112.00 pips in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-06, a weekly change of -8297 and the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is the FXStreet piece on US CPI and the Fed rate outlook, published at 08:30 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4147.71, high 4157.81, low 4142.96, close 4144.02: a range of 148.4 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 4162.01, high 4170.51, low 4144.48, close 4147.74: a range of 260.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 755.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 10th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD CPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-14 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.6%. Previous 0.4%. From Forex Factory.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to cpi_usdOver 70 past releases XAUUSD moved 78.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 112.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week. That is the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. US CPI data expected to rise in September as markets reassess Fed rate outlookFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD CPIScheduled 2026-10-14 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 334.918. Previous 334.131. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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