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XAUUSD at 4123.01, London range 134.0 pips

The EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change is due at 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · London session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 8:35 AM

XAUUSD last traded at 4123.01, inside a London session that has run between 4111.63 and 4125.02, a range of 134.0 pips. The nearest level above is the round number at 4130.00, 69.9 pips away, with the previous session high at 4132.12 a further 91.1 pips above the last price. Below sit the round number at 4120.00, 30.1 pips down, and the session open at 4112.32, 106.9 pips down.

The Asia session ran 258.6 pips between 4106.25 and 4132.12 and closed at 4112.32. The prior trading day covered 440.0 pips, from 4111.55 to 4155.56. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 676.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 5th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 08:35 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC. The EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change comes at 14:30 UTC with a forecast of -4.804 M against a previous -8.557 M. The 20-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, and over 422 past releases of that family XAUUSD moved 38.89 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 76.53 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts in the COT report of 2026-10-13, a change of -2456 on the week and the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for XAUUSD, FXStreet reported the United States Dollar Index holding firm, graded impact 2 of 3, at 04:00 UTC.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4112.32, high 4125.02, low 4111.63, close 4123.01: a range of 134.0 pips over 96 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 4126.78, high 4132.12, low 4106.25, close 4112.32: a range of 258.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4155.56, low 4111.55, close 4125.34 on 2026-10-20, a range of 440.0 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 676.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 5th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for XAU and USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. XAUUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 422 past releases XAUUSD moved 38.89 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 76.53 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts, a change of -2456 on the week. That is the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. United States Dollar Index holds firm due to oil-driven inflation, Fed neutralityFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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