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Gold at 4175.00, New York range 180.2 pips

Existing Home Sales is due at 14:00 UTC, 9 minutes away, impact 3 of 3

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gold last traded at 4175.00, near the bottom of the New York session range of 180.2 pips between 4172.90 and 4190.92. The nearest level above is the previous session low at 4179.82, 48.2 pips up, and the nearest below is the round number at 4170.00, 50 pips down.

London closed at 4185.46 after a range of 143.6 pips between 4179.82 and 4194.18. The prior day ran 625.4 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 784.9 pips, with the latest day at the 26th percentile of the last 42, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with Existing Home Sales m/m at the same time at impact 2 of 3. Over 115 past housing_usd releases, XAUUSD moved 56.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.30 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week, the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for XAUUSD, FXStreet carried a Silver Price Forecast piece at 10:59 UTC and Action Forex carried a Fed's Waller item at 10:48 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4185.46, high 4190.92, low 4172.90, close 4175.00: a range of 180.2 pips over 111 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 4191.94, high 4194.18, low 4179.82, close 4185.46: a range of 143.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 784.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Existing Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -2.4%. Previous -2.0%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 past releases XAUUSD moved 56.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD wobbles near $60.30, US CPI takes centre stageFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.

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