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Gold holds 4193.90 after a 511.6 pip New York range

Factory Orders m/m is scheduled at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 1:35 PM

Gold last traded at 4193.90, inside a New York session that has run 511.6 pips from a low of 4174.65 to a high of 4225.82. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 4193.00, 9 pips below the last price, then the previous session high at 4196.52, 26.2 pips above. Below sit the round number at 4190.00, 39 pips down, and the session open at 4181.54, 123.6 pips down.

London closed at 4181.54 after a 304.9 pip range, with a high of 4196.52 and a low of 4166.04. The prior trading day ran 536.9 pips between 4139.32 and 4193.00. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 863.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 5th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Factory Orders m/m is scheduled at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away, with a forecast of 0.1% and a previous of 0.9%. Over 46 past releases of that family, XAUUSD moved 67.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 154.57 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar lists 7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 13:35 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week, the 77th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 13:31 UTC by Action Forex.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4181.54, high 4225.82, low 4174.65, close 4193.90: a range of 511.6 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, London sessionOpen 4181.06, high 4196.52, low 4166.04, close 4181.54: a range of 304.9 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4193.00, low 4139.32, close 4177.68 on 2026-10-01, a range of 536.9 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 863.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 5th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Factory Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-02 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.1%. Previous 0.9%. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to durable_goods_usdOver 46 past releases XAUUSD moved 67.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 154.57 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for XAU and USD7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-01 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 225853 contracts, a change of -4485 on the week. That is the 77th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Soft NFP Knocks Out October Fed Hike, Dollar Retreats—But Euro Still LagsAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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