Market profile
XAU/USD Gold
How gold trades: the size of a normal day, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 14 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
$72.16
1.78% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
$112.53
2.49% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
Silver
+0.84
When Gold moves
The average range of each hour, in UTC. Shaded bands mark the main sessions.
Most active
13:00 to 16:00 UTC. The average hour moves $30.39.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves $12.93.
Daily break
Gold pauses for about an hour each day, at 21:00 or 22:00 UTC depending on daylight saving.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your XAU/USD chart in one click. Included on the free plan.
How big a day is
Average daily range, by month and by weekday, over the last twelve months.
What the average daily range tells you→By month
By weekday
What moves with Gold
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade Gold with the analysis on your chart
- Included on the free plan
- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on XAU/USD
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on XAU/USD
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Gold Price Forecast→AI quant signal on XAU/USD
Buy and sell signals on the 30-minute chart, confirmed at candle close, with the full track record.
Gold signal track record→Gold options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the XAU/USD price. Sample session · 3 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 3,984.15
- Zero Gamma
- 4,049.19
- Put Wall
- 3,765.85
What drives gold
The dollar
Gold is priced in dollars. A stronger dollar tends to weigh on it. Over the last year its daily returns ran against USD/JPY.
Real yields
Gold pays no interest. Rising real yields raise the cost of holding it.
US data
Payrolls, inflation and Fed decisions land at 12:30 or 13:30 UTC and open gold's busiest hours.
Safe-haven demand
Geopolitical stress and central bank buying tend to support gold.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is XAU/USD?
The price of one troy ounce of gold in US dollars. It is the symbol most brokers use for spot gold on MT4 and MT5.
How much does Gold move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of Gold was $112.53, or 2.49% of price. Over the last 20 days it was $72.16.
What is the best time to trade Gold?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with Gold?
Silver has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.84 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse Gold?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your XAU/USD chart. Gold also carries an AI quant signal on the 30-minute chart.
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