Gold order book replay Oct 09: buyers absorbed (short)

Today's gold order book: buyers absorbed 👀

Gold futures (GC), Fri Oct 09, rebuilt order by order from the exchange data:

• 14:50–15:02 ET: buyers lifted the offer at 4,224–4,228 (XAUUSD ≈4,198–4,202), 230 contracts net, and price barely moved
• The other side kept absorbing it
• Then gold dropped $10 by 15:53 ET

Big volume, no progress = absorption. Information, not a signal.

Heatmap and DOM rebuilt from real MBO data. Education only, not financial advice.