Weekly market structure Week so far
Gold this week: 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Gold fell 2.8 % over the week, from 4,000.30 to 3,888.58, in a 5.5 % range: wider than 55 % of all weeks since October 2025. Spot gold trades from Sunday evening to Friday evening (New York time); the gold perpetual also trades at the weekend. The week closes at 24:00 UTC Sunday; this page updates until then.
The week on one line
Day by day
| Day | Close | Change | Range | What stood out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 | 4,007.90 | +0.19 % | 1.2 % | 14,535 oz traded |
| Tue 27 | 4,064.50 | +1.41 % | 1.8 % | 13,256 oz traded |
| Wed 28 | 4,060.96 | −0.23 % | 1.4 % | The week's high, 4,089.05, came here |
| Thu 29 | 4,017.69 | −1.07 % | 1.5 % | 472,712 oz traded |
| Fri 30 | 3,888.91 | −3.21 % | 4.0 % | The week's low, 3,875.00; a 849 oz bid wall at 3,960.00 was eaten in New York |
| Sat 31 | 3,883.91 | −0.14 % | 0.3 % | Spot gold closed (weekend); the perpetual traded 5,292 oz; a 672 oz bid wall at 3,877.26 was pulled in London |
| Sun 1 | 3,888.58 | +0.11 % | 0.3 % | So far. Spot reopened at 6:00 PM ET (23:00 UTC); a 288 oz bid wall at 3,881.95 was pulled in London |
Sessions
New York moved the most (Tue to Sun), with an average range of 1.54 %, against 1.03 % in Asia and 0.65 % in London. Sessions while spot gold was closed are left out.
London saw the most walls eaten (1), New York the most pulled (1).
Liquidity walls
From Tuesday to Sunday, across the three sessions, 2 walls were eaten, 4 were pulled before price reached them and 1 held. The largest: a 849 oz bid wall at 3,960.00, eaten on Friday; a 672 oz bid wall at 3,877.26, pulled on Saturday.
Macro this week
The 10-year real yield (FRED DFII10) went from 2.66 % on Fri 23 Oct to 2.63 % on Thu 29 Oct. The broad dollar index (Federal Reserve, DTWEXBGS) was 121.32 on Fri 23 Oct. In the CFTC report for Tue 27 Oct, managed money held a net long of 105,562 COMEX gold contracts, 1,356 more than a week earlier.
Week ahead
What is scheduled for the coming week (Monday to Sunday, UTC, plus the Sunday-evening reopen of spot gold just before it), from the FRED release calendar, the Federal Reserve's FOMC calendar, the CFTC's usual COT release time and the CME and UK holiday calendars. It is not a forecast.
Scheduled
- Sun 1 Nov, 6:00 PM ET (23:00 UTC): Spot gold reopens for the week (18:00 New York).
- Fri 6 Nov, 8:30 AM ET (13:30 UTC): US jobs report (nonfarm payrolls).
- Fri 6 Nov, 3:30 PM ET (20:30 UTC): CFTC Commitments of Traders, positions as of Tuesday (usual release time).
What history shows
Since October 2025 the median weekly range has been 5.4 %, and the middle half of weeks moved between 3.7 % and 6.9 % from high to low. Past behavior, not a prediction.
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