Thu Oct 29: the gold day, before & after
Before · the map as published
Published Thu Oct 29, 2026 at 02:35 New York time, before London. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -11.2.
Gold was below yesterday's value (XAUUSD ≈4,038–4,062, POC ≈4,048). Price then: ≈4,028.
New York · the 08:00 ET update
Frozen at 08:00 New York time, before the US session. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -11.4.
At 08:00 gold was below yesterday's value (≈4,038–4,062) at ≈4,019, below today's VWAP (≈4,039).
- Asia range: ≈4,022–4,070 · net delta -801
- London range: ≈4,016–4,040 · net delta -194
- Big orders overnight: 5 (5 aggressive, 0 icebergs, 0 large resting)
Largest:
- Big order, aggressive seller: 127 lots at ≈4,030 (01:51 ET)
- Big order, aggressive buyer: 102 lots at ≈4,049 (22:52 ET)
- Big order, aggressive seller: 95 lots at ≈4,026 (01:55 ET)
- Big order, aggressive seller: 85 lots at ≈4,042 (22:35 ET)
Morning-map levels so far:
- Yesterday's high ≈4,086: not yet
- Value-area high ≈4,062: not yet
- Yesterday's POC ≈4,048: not yet
- Value-area low ≈4,038: touched
- Yesterday's low ≈4,025: touched
- Overnight high ≈4,070: not yet
- Overnight low ≈4,022: touched
Still to come today (US, high impact):
- 08:30 ET · Advance GDP q/q
- 08:30 ET · Core PCE Price Index m/m
After · what the session did
Price spent 0% of the session inside yesterday's value. 3 of 7 levels were reached; 3 produced a reaction of $8+ before going $8 through. New York close ≈4,022 (GC 4,033.3).
| Level | XAUUSD ≈ | GC | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday's high | ≈4,086 | 4,097.2 | Not reached | closest $46.1 away |
| Value-area high | ≈4,062 | 4,073.1 | Not reached | closest $22.0 away |
| Yesterday's POC | ≈4,048 | 4,059.5 | Not reached | closest $8.4 away |
| Value-area low | ≈4,038 | 4,049.0 | Reacted | first touch 03:10 ET · next 30 min: $10.7 back, $0.5 through |
| Yesterday's low | ≈4,026 | 4,036.9 | Reacted | first touch 02:36 ET · next 30 min: $11.4 back, $0.0 through |
| Overnight high | ≈4,070 | 4,081.7 | Not reached | closest $30.6 away |
| Overnight low | ≈4,022 | 4,033.4 | Reacted | first touch 04:45 ET · next 30 min: $16.1 back, $6.4 through |
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.