XAUUSD · monthly report
Gold in August 2026, in numbers
Gold opened August 2026 at $4,099.60 and closed it at $4,465.80, 8.93% higher ($366). In between it traded from $4,042.50 (Mon 3 Aug) to $4,723.50 (Tue 25 Aug), a range of $681 or 16.61% of the open.
Published 1 September 2026 · 21 trading sessions, 2 Aug 22:00 UTC to 31 Aug 21:00 UTC · figures final
How wide the trading days were
- The typical day covered $89 from high to low (2.01% of price), against $91 (2.12%) over the 250 trading days before August.
- On 4 of 21 days gold moved more than $138, the range 80% of the 250 trading days before the month stayed under. In a month as busy as those days, about 4 would have. They were Wed 5 Aug, Fri 7 Aug, Wed 19 Aug, Fri 28 Aug.
- The widest day was Wednesday 5 August at $207 (4.83%); the narrowest, Monday 3 August, covered $62 (1.51%).
| Day | High | Low | Range | % of price | Range bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 Aug | 4,104.30 | 4,042.50 | $62 | 1.51% | |
| Tue 4 Aug | 4,132.30 | 4,066.70 | $66 | 1.60% | |
| Wed 5 Aug | 4,296.70 | 4,090.10 | $207 | 4.83% | |
| Thu 6 Aug | 4,332.20 | 4,249.70 | $83 | 1.93% | |
| Fri 7 Aug | 4,400.80 | 4,256.50 | $144 | 3.30% | |
| Mon 10 Aug | 4,422.30 | 4,342.40 | $80 | 1.81% | |
| Tue 11 Aug | 4,463.50 | 4,384.20 | $79 | 1.80% | |
| Wed 12 Aug | 4,471.20 | 4,389.90 | $81 | 1.83% | |
| Thu 13 Aug | 4,477.60 | 4,368.50 | $109 | 2.49% | |
| Fri 14 Aug | 4,423.10 | 4,334.00 | $89 | 2.02% | |
| Mon 17 Aug | 4,455.00 | 4,390.80 | $64 | 1.45% | |
| Tue 18 Aug | 4,461.60 | 4,351.80 | $110 | 2.52% | |
| Wed 19 Aug | 4,551.30 | 4,346.50 | $205 | 4.50% | |
| Thu 20 Aug | 4,565.60 | 4,474.50 | $91 | 2.01% | |
| Fri 21 Aug | 4,658.90 | 4,534.00 | $125 | 2.69% | |
| Mon 24 Aug | 4,707.00 | 4,620.30 | $87 | 1.85% | |
| Tue 25 Aug | 4,723.50 | 4,628.00 | $96 | 2.04% | |
| Wed 26 Aug | 4,699.40 | 4,606.70 | $93 | 2.01% | |
| Thu 27 Aug | 4,666.20 | 4,584.50 | $82 | 1.77% | |
| Fri 28 Aug | 4,656.50 | 4,463.50 | $193 | 4.29% | |
| Mon 31 Aug | 4,490.00 | 4,414.10 | $76 | 1.70% |
The line marks $138; days beyond it are in amber. Today's range and the last 250 days are on the gold daily range page, updated hourly.
News days: the jobs report, CPI and the Fed
Gold's range in the hour each release fell in, and over its whole trading day, against the same hour and day on the 20 ordinary weekdays before it (their median). 2.0× means twice as wide as usual.
| Release | Release hour | Whole day |
|---|---|---|
| NFP7 Aug 12:30 UTC | $71 3.2×usual $22 | $144 1.7×usual $84 |
| CPI12 Aug 12:30 UTC | $59 2.9×usual $21 | $81 1.0×usual $80 |
Every release since January 2025: gold on NFP day · gold on CPI day · gold on Fed day
The modelled stop levels
We do not score our modelled stop levels month by month. Tested across roughly 100,000 historical levels, price reached our hourly bands 47.4% of the time against 48.1% for a placebo price the same distance away on the other side: no edge, and nothing on this page is a signal. How the levels were tested →
How the numbers are measured
- Data: COMEX gold futures (front month), hourly candles - the feed of our charts - with prices in the spot price a broker's XAUUSD quotes. A range is the same in either.
- The month is its CME Globex sessions, from 18:00 New York the evening before its first trading day to 17:00 on its last: the rollover most XAUUSD brokers start their candles at, so a broker's monthly candle should match within the spread. A chart that starts the month at midnight UTC will differ a little.
- A day is one session, 18:00 to 17:00 New York time; sessions with fewer than 20 of their 23 hourly candles are left out. The line is the range 80% of the 250 complete sessions before the month stayed under, so it was known on the month's first day.
- News days compare the release's hour and session with the median of the same window on the 20 weekdays before it that had no jobs report, CPI or Fed decision.
- The figures are free as JSON: /api/v1/monthly-report?symbol=XAUUSD&month=2026-08
History measured on COMEX futures, not a forecast and not investment advice. Your broker's prices differ by its spread and feed.