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XAUUSD 4335.10, New York range 4322.74 to 4375.02

The next scheduled release is the USD Fed Governor Jefferson Speech at 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 2:40 PM

XAUUSD last traded at 4335.10, inside the New York session range of 4322.74 to 4375.02, 522.8 pips over 160 minutes. The nearest level above is the prior London session low at 4340.16, 50.6 pips above, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 4334.30, 8 pips below, with the round number 4330.00 51 pips below.

London traded 4340.16 to 4371.12 and closed at 4369.02, a range of 309.5 pips over 300 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days, which is a calm day for this market.

The Jefferson speech is 1419 minutes away and graded impact 2 of 3. Our calendar holds 1 release of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 14:40 UTC and covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, a change of -1622 on the week and the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The graded headlines for XAUUSD are impact 2 of 3, led by Fed's Goolsbee saying demand, tariffs, energy and supply shocks are fuelling inflation, and by U.S. Treasury yields easing on a crude pull-back.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4335.10 at 2026-09-21 14:39 UTC, from our own 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, London sessionOpen 4353.48, high 4371.12, low 4340.16, close 4369.02: a range of 309.5 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 1049.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 21th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Fed Governor Jefferson SpeechScheduled 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. Economic calendar for XAU and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 14:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts, a change of -1622 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Fed’s Goolsbee: Demand, tariffs, energy, supply shocks all are fuelling inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. U.S. Treasury yields ease on crude pull-back ; rate hike bets stayInvesting.com. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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