Fri Oct 09: the gold day, before & after
Before · the map as published
Published Fri Oct 09, 2026 at 01:35 New York time, before London. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -25.1.
Gold was above yesterday's value (XAUUSD ≈4,117–4,134, POC ≈4,123). Price then: ≈4,200.
New York · the 08:00 ET update
Frozen at 08:00 New York time, before the US session. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -24.7.
At 08:00 gold was above yesterday's value (≈4,117–4,135) at ≈4,183, above today's VWAP (≈4,179).
- Asia range: ≈4,131–4,209 · net delta +573
- London range: ≈4,175–4,202 · net delta +75
- Big orders overnight: 9 (7 aggressive, 2 icebergs, 0 large resting)
Largest:
- Iceberg, passive seller: 223 lots at ≈4,194 (01:30 ET)
- Iceberg, passive seller: 108 lots at ≈4,170 (21:35 ET)
- Big order, aggressive buyer: 100 lots at ≈4,177 (22:45 ET)
- Big order, aggressive seller: 76 lots at ≈4,200 (01:34 ET)
Morning-map levels so far:
- Yesterday's high ≈4,142: not yet
- Value-area high ≈4,135: not yet
- Yesterday's POC ≈4,123: not yet
- Value-area low ≈4,117: not yet
- Yesterday's low ≈4,103: not yet
- Overnight high ≈4,201: touched
- Overnight low ≈4,131: not yet
Still to come today (US, high impact):
- No high-impact US releases left today.
After · what the session did
Price spent 0% of the session inside yesterday's value. 1 of 7 levels were reached; 1 produced a reaction of $8+ before going $8 through. New York close ≈4,195 (GC 4,219.7).
| Level | XAUUSD ≈ | GC | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday's high | ≈4,142 | 4,166.8 | Not reached | closest $26.4 away |
| Value-area high | ≈4,134 | 4,159.4 | Not reached | closest $33.8 away |
| Yesterday's POC | ≈4,123 | 4,147.7 | Not reached | closest $45.5 away |
| Value-area low | ≈4,117 | 4,141.7 | Not reached | closest $51.5 away |
| Yesterday's low | ≈4,103 | 4,128.1 | Not reached | closest $65.1 away |
| Overnight high | ≈4,201 | 4,226.0 | Reacted | first touch 01:35 ET · next 30 min: $9.2 back, $7.7 through |
| Overnight low | ≈4,131 | 4,156.1 | Not reached | closest $37.1 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.