Thu Oct 08: the gold day, before & after
Before · the map as published
Published Thu Oct 08, 2026 at 01:35 New York time, before London. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -24.6.
Gold was above yesterday's value (XAUUSD ≈4,074–4,125, POC ≈4,121). Price then: ≈4,130.
New York · the 08:00 ET update
Frozen at 08:00 New York time, before the US session. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -24.4.
At 08:00 gold was inside yesterday's value (≈4,074–4,125) at ≈4,125, above today's VWAP (≈4,123).
- Asia range: ≈4,104–4,142 · net delta +187
- London range: ≈4,110–4,133 · net delta +214
- Big orders overnight: 3 (3 aggressive, 0 icebergs, 0 large resting)
Largest:
- Big order, aggressive buyer: 82 lots at ≈4,129 (01:42 ET)
- Big order, aggressive buyer: 67 lots at ≈4,129 (05:00 ET)
- Big order, aggressive seller: 67 lots at ≈4,123 (05:32 ET)
Morning-map levels so far:
- Yesterday's high ≈4,173: not yet
- Value-area high ≈4,125: touched
- Yesterday's POC ≈4,121: touched
- Value-area low ≈4,074: not yet
- Yesterday's low ≈4,067: not yet
- Overnight high ≈4,142: not yet
- Overnight low ≈4,104: not yet
Still to come today (US, high impact):
- No high-impact US releases left today.
After · what the session did
Price spent 57% of the session inside yesterday's value. 2 of 7 levels were reached; 0 produced a reaction of $8+ before going $8 through. New York close ≈4,134 (GC 4,158.3).
| Level | XAUUSD ≈ | GC | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday's high | ≈4,173 | 4,197.8 | Not reached | closest $32.0 away |
| Value-area high | ≈4,125 | 4,149.8 | Accepted beyond | first touch 01:44 ET · next 30 min: $2.6 back, $9.6 through · 57 of the next 60 min beyond |
| Yesterday's POC | ≈4,121 | 4,145.4 | Accepted beyond | first touch 01:51 ET · next 30 min: $2.8 back, $5.2 through · 48 of the next 60 min beyond |
| Value-area low | ≈4,074 | 4,098.4 | Not reached | closest $30.8 away |
| Yesterday's low | ≈4,067 | 4,091.2 | Not reached | closest $38.0 away |
| Overnight high | ≈4,142 | 4,166.8 | Not reached | closest $1.0 away |
| Overnight low | ≈4,104 | 4,128.1 | Not reached | closest $1.1 away |
Judged on the first hour after the first touch. Reacted = moved $8+ back from the level before $8 through it. Accepted beyond = 30+ of those 60 one-minute closes on the other side (time + volume). Traded through = neither. Futures data, 1-minute bars; this is a review of reference levels, not a scorecard of trades.
Education only. Levels are reference points from real futures volume, not signals.