MidasXAUUSD live chart (XAU/USD): gold price today and today's numbers
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Above the numbers is a live XAUUSD chart (TradingView, XAU/USD). We do not forecast where gold will go today: nobody can do that reliably. What we can show is how far it usually goes. In the last three months gold's typical day ran $88 from low to high, price got $50 away from the day's open on 75% of days and $100 on 20%, and the busiest hours were 12:00–15:00 UTC, when US data comes out and New York opens.
Gold market: open Sunday 18:00 to Friday 17:00 New York time, with a one-hour break every weekday
Today's numbers: how far gold usually moves
Measured on 60 trading days of the last three months (July 27, 2026 to October 26, 2026); the whole period from January 2, 2025 is given for comparison. A day is a UTC day; its open is the day's first price.
| Distance from the open | Day, 3 months | Day, whole period | Hour, 3 months | Hour, whole period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ $10 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 57.5% | 47.4% |
| ≥ $20 | 100.0% | 95.0% | 15.9% | 16.0% |
| ≥ $30 | 93.3% | 81.6% | 5.3% | 6.7% |
| ≥ $50 | 75.0% | 55.4% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| ≥ $75 | 41.7% | 31.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| ≥ $100 | 20.0% | 18.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
So on a usual day a $10 or $20 swing from the open is near certain, $50 happens on most days and $100 on about one day in 5. Inside a single hour, $10 from the open happened in 58% of hours and $20 in 16%. More levels, 4-hour blocks and the high-minus-low view: how often gold moves $10, $20, $50; the daily range by month and weekday: gold daily range.
Turning these distances into a position: the XAUUSD lot size / position size calculator shows the lot for a given stop and risk.
When gold usually moves the most
Median high-minus-low of each clock hour over the last three months, Monday to Friday. The four widest hours were 01:00–02:00 UTC ($21.97), 12:00–13:00 UTC ($22.67), 13:00–14:00 UTC ($26.67), 14:00–15:00 UTC ($23.33); the quietest full hour was 20:00–21:00 UTC ($8.81). The midday block lines up with US data releases and the New York open; 01:00 UTC is the start of the Asian day.
Scheduled US releases make an hour wider: in our checked calendar (January 29, 2025 to September 17, 2026) a release hour had a median range of $29.55 against $12.53 for a normal hour, about 2.4 times. US data usually comes out at 8:30 New York time (12:30 UTC in US summer time, 13:30 UTC in winter) and Fed decisions at 14:00 New York time (18:00 or 19:00 UTC). This page has no calendar of upcoming dates: check an economic calendar for today's releases.
All 24 hours with 3, 6 and 12-month views: gold activity by hour of day. The largest single hours and their dates: biggest 1-hour gold moves.
Is the gold market open now?
The line under the title shows the live state from your device clock. Gold trades from Sunday 18:00 to Friday 17:00 New York time with a one-hour break every weekday at 17:00, and it is closed on some US holidays. In UTC that is Sunday 22:00 to Friday 21:00 in US summer time and an hour later in winter; in India (IST) Monday 03:30 to Saturday 02:30, and an hour later in winter. Brokers follow this schedule closely but not always to the minute.
Sessions, the break in your time zone and holidays: gold trading hours.
Where the numbers come from
- Dukascopy XAUUSD tick history (bid price, dollars per ounce), January 2, 2025 to October 26, 2026, aggregated by us into hours and UTC days. Bid side only, so your broker's spread is not included.
- Reach from the open is the larger of (high − open) and (open − low): how far price got from the opening price in one direction. Range is high − low.
- The chart above is TradingView's, with the OANDA quote; our numbers are not taken from it.
- The data is updated by hand; the dates above show the period. Data files: gold_moves.json, gold_hour_profile.json.
Frequently asked questions
What is XAUUSD?
XAUUSD is the price of one troy ounce of gold in US dollars: XAU is the code of gold, USD of the dollar. At most brokers 1 lot of XAUUSD is 100 ounces, so a $1 move is $100 per lot and $1 per 0.01 lot (check the contract size in your terminal). The gold lot size calculator does this arithmetic for a given stop.
Where can I watch the XAUUSD chart live?
On this page: the chart at the top is the official TradingView widget with the OANDA:XAUUSD quote, with 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily candles. Your broker's MT4 / MT5 chart can differ by a few tens of cents: every broker has its own price feed and spread.
What time does the gold market open?
Gold opens on Sunday at 18:00 New York time (22:00 UTC while the US is on summer time, 23:00 UTC in winter) and closes on Friday at 17:00 New York time (21:00 or 22:00 UTC). Every weekday it pauses for an hour, 17:00–18:00 New York time. The live status is at the top of this page; the full schedule with sessions and holidays: gold trading hours.
What time does the gold market open in India (IST)?
Gold opens on Monday at 03:30 IST while the US is on summer time (second Sunday of March to first Sunday of November) and at 04:30 IST in winter; it closes on Saturday at 02:30 IST in US summer time and 03:30 IST in winter. The daily one-hour break is 02:30–03:30 IST in summer and 03:30–04:30 IST in winter. Indian brokers and MCX gold follow their own hours; this is the global XAUUSD schedule. If your device is set to India time, the line under the title also shows the next open or close in IST.
How much does gold move in a day?
In the last three months (60 trading days up to October 26, 2026) the median daily range, high minus low, was $88.29 and one day in ten was wider than $132.55. Over the whole period from January 2, 2025 the median was $70.90, because gold was much cheaper in early 2025. By month and weekday: gold daily range.
What moves the gold price today?
Within a day, scheduled US releases (the jobs report NFP, CPI inflation, Fed decisions) and unexpected news move gold the most; in our checked calendar a release hour was about 2.4 times as wide as a normal hour at the median. The direction after a release is not predictable from the calendar. How gold behaved on those days, with spreads: gold on FOMC, NFP and CPI days.
Can anyone predict which way gold will go today?
We cannot, and we do not publish forecasts. In our data 51.3% of 10,418 full hours closed above their opening price, almost a coin toss. What the data does show is how far gold usually travels and at what hours, which helps to size a position and a stop, not to guess the direction.
What does "75% of days moved $50" mean for today?
It is the share of past trading days in the last three months in which price got at least $50 away from the day's opening price in one direction (55% over the whole period). It is not a probability for today: on days with US data releases or sharp news gold can travel much further, on quiet days less. Past movement does not predict future movement.
Midas runs the same calculation in its panel on the MT5 chart.The Grid tab shows the room to stop-out for your account and settings.