Fri Oct 30: the gold day, before & after
Before · the map as published
Published Fri Oct 30, 2026 at 02:35 New York time, before London. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -9.8.
Gold was below yesterday's value (XAUUSD ≈4,016–4,040, POC ≈4,030). Price then: ≈3,988.
New York · the 08:00 ET update
Frozen at 08:00 New York time, before the US session. Unchanged since. XAUUSD gap used: -9.3.
At 08:00 gold was below yesterday's value (≈4,017–4,041) at ≈3,967, below today's VWAP (≈3,992).
- Asia range: ≈3,978–4,029 · net delta +54
- London range: ≈3,964–4,000 · net delta +491
- Big orders overnight: 0 (0 aggressive, 0 icebergs, 0 large resting)
Morning-map levels so far:
- Yesterday's high ≈4,073: not yet
- Value-area high ≈4,041: not yet
- Yesterday's POC ≈4,030: not yet
- Value-area low ≈4,017: not yet
- Yesterday's low ≈4,007: not yet
- Overnight high ≈4,029: not yet
- Overnight low ≈3,986: touched
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; 0 produced a reaction of $8+ before going $8 through. New York close ≈3,875 (GC 3,884.7).
| Level | XAUUSD ≈ | GC | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday's high | ≈4,072 | 4,081.9 | Not reached | closest $72.7 away |
| Value-area high | ≈4,040 | 4,050.1 | Not reached | closest $40.9 away |
| Yesterday's POC | ≈4,030 | 4,039.8 | Not reached | closest $30.6 away |
| Value-area low | ≈4,016 | 4,026.2 | Not reached | closest $17.0 away |
| Yesterday's low | ≈4,006 | 4,016.3 | Not reached | closest $7.1 away |
| Overnight high | ≈4,028 | 4,038.2 | Not reached | closest $29.0 away |
| Overnight low | ≈3,986 | 3,995.7 | Accepted beyond | first touch 02:39 ET · next 30 min: $4.9 back, $8.1 through · 50 of the next 60 min beyond |
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.