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XAUUSD at 4025.72, New York range 126.0 pips

US Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, 9 minutes away

XAUUSD · New York session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 1:35 PM

XAUUSD last trades at 4025.72, inside a New York session that has run 126.0 pips between 4021.52 and 4034.12. The nearest level above is the round number at 4030.00, 42.8 pips away, with the previous session high at 4031.30 just beyond it. Below sit the prior day low at 4020.58, 51.4 pips down, and the round number at 4020.00, 57.2 pips down.

London ran 216.4 pips between 4009.66 and 4031.30 and closed at 4024.54. The prior trading day covered 1265.6 pips, from 4147.14 down to 4020.58. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 683.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 89th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which the volatility source calls a busy day for this market.

The US Flash Manufacturing PMI and Flash Services PMI are scheduled for 13:45 UTC, with forecasts of 55.4 and 57.9. Over 93 past releases of that family, XAUUSD moved 63.35 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 110.46 in the first 60, in either direction. At 14:00 UTC the Michigan inflation expectations and consumer sentiment releases follow.

Large speculators are net long 207879 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-13, a change of -2456 on the week and the 65th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for XAUUSD is FXStreet's ING note on gold and energy-driven inflation, published at 06:57 UTC at impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. XAUUSD, New York sessionOpen 4024.54, high 4034.12, low 4021.52, close 4025.72: a range of 126.0 pips over 96 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 4012.86, high 4031.30, low 4009.66, close 4024.54: a range of 216.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. XAUUSD, previous trading dayHigh 4147.14, low 4020.58, close 4024.69 on 2026-10-22, a range of 1265.6 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 683.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 89th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  7. XAUUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 93 past releases XAUUSD moved 63.35 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 110.46 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD Michigan 5-Year Inflation ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-23 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 3.5%. Previous 3.5%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. 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.
  10. Gold: Energy-driven inflation weighs – INGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for XAUUSD by our headline classifier.

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