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Gold at 4171.05, New York range 206.8 pips

The next scheduled release is a Fed Governor Waller speech on 2026-10-13 at 07:45 UTC

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gold last traded at 4171.05, inside a New York session that has run between 4154.78 and 4175.46, a range of 206.8 pips. The nearest level above is the round number 4180.00, 89.5 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number 4170.00, 10.5 pips away.

London closed at 4168.44 after trading between 4167.31 and 4188.32, a range of 210.0 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 800.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 36th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the Fed Governor Waller speech on 2026-10-13 at 07:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-10-06, a change of -8297 on the week and the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is from FXStreet at 2026-10-12 11:29 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3, on gold failing to hold a break higher with US CPI in focus.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 4171.05 at 2026-10-12 13:50 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4168.44, high 4175.46, low 4154.78, close 4171.05: a range of 206.8 pips over 111 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  3. XAUUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  4. XAUUSD, London sessionOpen 4186.04, high 4188.32, low 4167.31, close 4168.44: a range of 210.0 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 800.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 36th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for XAU and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 13:50 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week. That is the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Gold fails to sustain a break above $4,200, US CPI in focusFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Fed Governor Waller SpeechScheduled 2026-10-13 07:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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