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XAUUSD holds 4328.88 as New York range runs 240.2 pips

Fed Governor Jefferson speaks at 14:20 UTC, 14 minutes away, the next scheduled USD release

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Sep 22, 2026, 2:05 PM

XAUUSD last traded at 4328.88, inside a New York session that has run 240.2 pips between 4344.20 and 4320.18. The nearest level above is the round number 4330.00, 11.2 pips above, and the nearest level below is the prior day low at 4322.74, 61.4 pips below, with the session open at 4322.72, 61.6 pips below.

London closed at 4322.62 after a range of 468.1 pips over 300 minutes, with a high of 4338.22 and a low of 4291.40. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 993.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Fed Governor Jefferson speaks at 14:20 UTC, 14 minutes away, and the 2-Year Note Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, 174 minutes away. Over 133 past releases of that auction_usd family XAUUSD moved 60.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 230338 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-09-15, a change of -1622 on the week and the 80.40 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD, FXStreet reports the Swiss Franc rallying on risk appetite while the SNB threatens FX intervention.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4322.72, high 4344.20, low 4320.18, close 4328.88: a range of 240.2 pips over 126 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, London sessionOpen 4318.52, high 4338.22, low 4291.40, close 4322.62: a range of 468.1 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 993.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-09-22 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 133 past releases XAUUSD moved 60.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 116.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. Swiss Franc rallies on risk appetite while SNB threatens with FX interventionFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Fed Governor Jefferson SpeechScheduled 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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