XAUUSD · daily range
Gold (XAUUSD) daily range: how far gold moves in a day
On 80% of the last 250 trading days, gold's range from high to low was under $149 (3.24% of price). The typical day covered $101, and one day in ten moved more than $191.
So far today (Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10 hours into the session) gold has moved $44 (1.08%), between 4,035.29 and 4,078.89. That is already more than the whole range of 1% of the last 250 days.
Updated 28 Oct 2026, 07:40 UTC · data to 28 Oct 2026, 07:30 UTC · refreshed hourly · 250 trading days
How wide a gold day usually gets
| Window | Half of days under | 80% of days under | 90% of days under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 20 days | $62 (1.52%) | $91 (2.20%) | $105 (2.55%) |
| Last 60 days | $85 (1.96%) | $125 (2.72%) | $140 (3.24%) |
| Last 250 days | $101 (2.24%) | $149 (3.24%) | $191 (4.41%) |
- The daily average true range, ATR(14), is $77 (1.89%). It counts the gap from the previous close as well as the day's own range, and weights the last two to three weeks most.
- In percent of price, the last 20 days have been calmer than the year: 80% of them stayed under 2.20%, against 3.24% over 250 days. That describes the recent past, not the next day.
The last 30 trading days
Bar: each day's range. The line marks $149, the range 80% of the last 250 days stayed under.
| Day | High | Low | Range | % of price | Range bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | 4,074.19 | 3,996.39 | $78 | 1.91% | |
| Mon 26 Oct | 4,038.79 | 3,985.69 | $53 | 1.32% | |
| Fri 23 Oct | 4,044.99 | 3,983.89 | $61 | 1.53% | |
| Thu 22 Oct | 4,158.14 | 4,031.37 | $127 | 3.14% | |
| Wed 21 Oct | 4,154.44 | 4,115.38 | $39 | 0.94% | |
| Tue 20 Oct | 4,166.28 | 4,121.48 | $45 | 1.08% | |
| Mon 19 Oct | 4,201.08 | 4,145.48 | $56 | 1.34% | |
| Fri 16 Oct | 4,208.85 | 4,154.32 | $55 | 1.31% | |
| Thu 15 Oct | 4,184.52 | 4,094.72 | $90 | 2.15% | |
| Wed 14 Oct | 4,179.00 | 4,081.05 | $98 | 2.38% | |
| Tue 13 Oct | 4,210.30 | 4,155.20 | $55 | 1.32% | |
| Mon 12 Oct | 4,226.08 | 4,163.16 | $63 | 1.51% | |
| Fri 9 Oct | 4,216.47 | 4,137.40 | $79 | 1.88% | |
| Thu 8 Oct | 4,152.00 | 4,108.59 | $43 | 1.05% | |
| Wed 7 Oct | 4,177.70 | 4,071.68 | $106 | 2.57% | |
| Tue 6 Oct | 4,192.30 | 4,109.55 | $83 | 1.98% | |
| Mon 5 Oct | 4,177.74 | 4,129.24 | $49 | 1.17% | |
| Fri 2 Oct | 4,235.05 | 4,129.85 | $105 | 2.54% | |
| Thu 1 Oct | 4,198.50 | 4,144.25 | $54 | 1.30% | |
| Wed 30 Sept | 4,225.95 | 4,153.05 | $73 | 1.75% | |
| Tue 29 Sept | 4,191.83 | 4,118.68 | $73 | 1.75% | |
| Mon 28 Sept | 4,283.23 | 4,116.58 | $167 | 4.04% | |
| Fri 25 Sept | 4,324.28 | 4,261.88 | $62 | 1.45% | |
| Thu 24 Sept | 4,306.90 | 4,249.62 | $57 | 1.34% | |
| Wed 23 Sept | 4,376.00 | 4,279.60 | $96 | 2.25% | |
| Tue 22 Sept | 4,382.60 | 4,296.10 | $87 | 1.98% | |
| Mon 21 Sept | 4,390.60 | 4,328.80 | $62 | 1.42% | |
| Fri 18 Sept | 4,408.30 | 4,340.70 | $68 | 1.54% | |
| Thu 17 Sept | 4,391.80 | 4,263.00 | $129 | 2.96% | |
| Wed 16 Sept | 4,381.60 | 4,241.80 | $140 | 3.27% |
The full 250-day history, with every day's range, is free as JSON: /api/v1/range-stats?symbol=XAUUSD.
What the daily range tells you, and what it does not
- It is a measure of noise. A stop or a daily loss limit set well inside the typical range sits where gold goes on an ordinary day, whichever way the trade points.
- It says nothing about direction. A wide day can close where it opened, and a narrow morning does not tell you which side the rest of the day will break.
- A wide start does not mean the day is done: before the afternoon a new high or low is still likely. How often the high and low are already in, by hour →
- It is history, not a forecast. Volatility comes in spells, so the 20-day row moves first when the market gets busier or calmer.
How it is measured
- Data: COMEX goldfutures (front month), hourly candles - the same feed as our charts. High and low are shown in the spot price a broker's XAUUSD quotes (the futures trade a little above spot); the range is the same in either.
- A dayis one CME Globex session, 18:00 to 17:00 New York time; Sunday evening opens Monday's. Most XAUUSD brokers start their daily candle at the same 17:00 New York rollover, so their daily high and low should match within the spread. A chart that starts the day at midnight UTC will differ.
- Left out: sessions with fewer than 20 of their 23 hourly candles - holidays, early closes and gaps in the data. They would make a typical day look calmer than it is.
- Percentiles interpolate between the two nearest days. "80% of days under $X" means $X is the 80th percentile of the daily ranges in that window; % of price is the range divided by the day's close.
- Today's range comes from the hourly candles fetched so far: the futures feed runs about 10 minutes behind, and this page is rebuilt every hour.
Historical ranges from COMEX futures, measured, not a forecast and not investment advice. Your broker's spread widens a day's range slightly, and more so around the daily rollover (17:00 New York, 21:00 or 22:00 UTC).