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Gold at 4153.21, London range 234.4 pips

Eight USD releases of impact 2 or 3 land at 12:30 UTC, 229 minutes away

XAUUSD · London session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 8:40 AM

Gold last traded at 4153.21, inside a London session that has run 234.4 pips between 4135.50 and 4158.94. The nearest level above is the round number at 4160.00, 67.9 pips away, then the Asia high at 4161.85, 86.4 pips above. Below sit the round number at 4150.00, 32.1 pips down, and the session open at 4136.16, 170.5 pips below.

Asia traded 617.0 pips between 4100.14 and 4161.85 and closed at 4136.14. The prior day ran 971.2 pips from 4073.39 to 4170.51. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 782.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Eight USD releases of impact 2 or 3 are scheduled for 12:30 UTC, 229 minutes from now, including Core PPI m/m, Core Retail Sales m/m and Unemployment Claims. Over 24 past PPI releases XAUUSD moved 65.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 96.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Retail Sales releases produced 77.40 pips over 15 minutes and 88.60 over 60 across 25 samples.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week, the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for gold is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 07:44 UTC by FXStreet on the US Dollar giving back CPI-driven gains as bond yields fall.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4136.16, high 4158.94, low 4135.50, close 4153.21: a range of 234.4 pips over 101 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 4111.22, high 4161.85, low 4100.14, close 4136.14: a range of 617.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4170.51, low 4073.39, close 4105.60 on 2026-10-14, a range of 971.2 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 782.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Core PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 0.2%. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to ppi_usdOver 24 past releases XAUUSD moved 65.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 96.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. XAUUSD reaction to retail_sales_usdOver 25 past releases XAUUSD moved 77.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 88.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. Forex Today: US Dollar erases CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slumpFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Economic calendar for XAU and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 08:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.

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