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Gold holds 4122.78, mid the New York range of 187.1 pips

A USD 30-Year Bond Auction is scheduled at 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 8, 2026, 1:40 PM

Gold last traded at 4122.78, inside the New York session range of 187.1 pips between 4113.36 and 4132.08. The nearest level above is the round number at 4130.00, 72.2 pips up, and the nearest below is the round number at 4120.00, 27.8 pips down.

London closed at 4124.64 after a range of 234.2 pips between 4109.90 and 4133.32. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 805.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is the USD 30-Year Bond Auction at 17:00 UTC, 199 minutes away, graded impact 3 of 3. Over 432 past auction_usd releases XAUUSD moved 38.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 75.10 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for XAUUSD is the investingLive European session wrap at 11:49 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4124.64, high 4132.08, low 4113.36, close 4122.78: a range of 187.1 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, London sessionOpen 4121.80, high 4133.32, low 4109.90, close 4124.64: a range of 234.2 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 805.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 432 past releases XAUUSD moved 38.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 75.10 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 218632 contracts, a change of -7221 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. investingLive European session wrap: Yields continue to soar as oil surges and stocks tumbleinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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