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XAUUSD at 4126.75, 150.0 pips into the New York range

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 19 minutes away

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:40 PM

The last price is 4126.75, near the top of the New York session's 150.0 pips range between 4112.72 and 4127.72. The nearest level above is the round number at 4130.00, 32.5 pips away, and below sits the session open at 4124.40, 23.5 pips away.

London ran 251.3 pips, from 4136.68 down to 4111.55, and closed at 4124.40. The prior day covered 538.2 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 696.2 pips; the latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Pending Home Sales m/m is scheduled for 14:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.6% and a previous of 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family XAUUSD moved 56.92 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts, a change of -2456 on the week and the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for XAUUSD, from FXStreet at 11:30 UTC at impact 2 of 3, ties gold's losses to rising oil prices and Fed rate hike bets.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4124.40, high 4127.72, low 4112.72, close 4126.75: a range of 150.0 pips over 100 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 4134.95, high 4136.68, low 4111.55, close 4124.40: a range of 251.3 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 696.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  6. XAUUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases XAUUSD moved 56.92 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 97.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 088691Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts, a change of -2456 on the week. That is the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Gold extends losses as rising Oil prices reinforce Fed rate hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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