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Gold holds 4175.46, mid the New York range of 267.9 pips

The next scheduled release is the Baker Hughes rig counts at 17:00 UTC, 194 minutes away

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 16, 2026, 1:45 PM

Gold last traded at 4175.46, inside a New York session that has run 267.9 pips between 4154.86 and 4181.66. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 4177.60, 21.4 pips away, then the round number at 4180.00, 45.4 pips above. Below sit the session open at 4172.01, 34.5 pips down, and the previous session low at 4171.40, 40.6 pips below.

London closed at 4172.01 after a 208.8 pip range over 300 minutes, having opened at 4177.10 and reached 4192.28. The prior trading day ran 774.6 pips from 4100.14 to 4177.60. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 793.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The industrial production releases were scheduled for 13:15 UTC, 30 minutes before this reading. Over 71 past releases of that family XAUUSD moved 41.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 85.20 in the first 60, in either direction. The calendar lists 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 13:45 UTC, and covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 210335 contracts, a change of -8297 on the week, the 67th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The CFTC Gold Non-Commercial Net Positions release is scheduled for 19:30 UTC, 344 minutes away. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 12:03:25 UTC.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4172.01, high 4181.66, low 4154.86, close 4175.46: a range of 267.9 pips over 106 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 4177.10, high 4192.28, low 4171.40, close 4172.01: a range of 208.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4177.60, low 4100.14, close 4170.75 on 2026-10-15, a range of 774.6 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 793.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Industrial Production m/mScheduled 2026-10-16 13:15 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.4%. Previous 0.0%. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 71 past releases XAUUSD moved 41.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 85.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for XAU and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 13:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.
  9. 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.
  10. USD CFTC Gold Non-Commercial Net PositionsScheduled 2026-10-16 19:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 210.3 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  11. British Pound hits three-week highs near 1.3350 as the US Dollar tumblesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. USD Baker Hughes US Oil Rig CountScheduled 2026-10-16 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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