Gold (XAU/USD) today
Is gold quieter or busier than normal? Which US data is still to come? Everything compared with its own recent history, not with a generic average.
What is normal for XAU/USD
Measured on our own one-hour bars: 130 Monday-to-Friday days, from March 27, 2026 to October 1, 2026. Recomputed daily. For metals we use about six months, not two years, because their price has moved so much that a normal day two years ago is no longer normal today. Figures are in dollars.
| Kind of day | Daily range |
|---|---|
| Very quiet (10th percentile) | $57.4 |
| Quiet (25th percentile) | $72.8 |
| Typical (median) | $90.8 |
| Busy (75th percentile) | $121.9 |
| Very busy (90th percentile) | $155.1 |
Its busiest hour is the 13:00 UTC hour, with a median of $27.3; the quietest, the 04:00 UTC hour, with $11.4.
Frequently asked questions
1What does “busier than normal” mean?
We compare today’s range — the distance in dollars between the high and the low since 00:00 UTC — with how far a normal gold day had travelled by the same hour. Below the 25th percentile of those days, it is quieter than normal; above the 75th, busier. We give no verdict in the first hour of the day, because there is still too little range to judge.
2Where do the “normal” figures come from?
From our own price history: one-hour XAU/USD bars over about six months (the last 130 Monday-to-Friday days), with hours in UTC. For currency pairs we use two years, but the price of gold has moved so much that a normal day two years ago is no longer normal today. They are recomputed every day.
3Why dollars and not pips?
Because not every broker defines a gold pip the same way, so the same figure in pips could mean different things on your platform. A dollar of range is the same everywhere.
4Why does the time of day matter?
Because gold does not move the same at every hour: its busiest stretch comes while London and New York are open together, and in the Asian session it moves about 70% as much as it does then. That is why we compare with what a normal day had done by the same hour, not with the whole day.
5Why is only US data shown?
Because gold has no economic calendar of its own and is priced in dollars, so we show medium and high-impact US data. For the same reason we do not show FOTSI relative strength: it measures the eight major currencies, and gold is not one of them.
6How often does the page update?
The page asks for fresh data every minute while it is open: the price and today’s range move with each one-minute bar, and the calendar refreshes every few minutes. With the market closed, the last full day stays on screen until Sunday’s reopen.
