Gold order book replay Oct 15: sellers absorbed

Today's gold order book: sellers absorbed 👀

Gold futures (GC), Thu Oct 15, rebuilt order by order from the exchange data:

• 09:50–10:02 ET: sellers hit the bid at 4,173–4,177 (XAUUSD ≈4,152–4,156), 303 contracts net, and price barely moved
• The other side kept absorbing it
• Then gold rallied $13 by 10:43 ET

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

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