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as of 6 Nov 2026
US jobs report■ Average Hourly Earnings m/m: forecast 0.3%, previous 0.1%; Non-Farm Employment Change: forecast 65K, previous 29K; Unemployment Rate: forecast 4.2%, previous 4.2%Next big release: Fri 06 Nov, 13:30 GMT
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The week's market-moving US releases with the forecast and previous figure, and how gold usually reacts (our own record). Below: what came out last time and how the price moved. Members can get a briefing 15 minutes before each one (account page).

Source: Calendar: Forex Factory. Results: our own headlines. Moves: COMEX gold futures 1-minute prices.

25.8▲ +1.7 on the day · 52% of the past year was lower · expected daily move ±66.39 $/ozCboe Gold Volatility Index (GVZ): the move options price in, % a year
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Options traders expect gold to move about ±1.6% on a typical day. That is about normal for the past year.

Source: Cboe GVZ daily closes; price levels from gold front-month futures (Yahoo Finance).

News sentiment

as of 6 Nov 2026
+21▲ 50 bullish, 22 bearish · 7 days before: +27Our gold headlines over the last 24 hours, from -100 (all bearish) to +100 (all bullish)
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The news flow has been bullish for gold. Each headline is scored by AI for what it means for the price; neutral ones are left out. Above: the strongest headlines of the last 24 hours.

Source: GoldSquawk: AI scores of our own published headlines.

What's driving gold

as of 6 Nov 2026
Middle East risk▲ Dollar · Yields · US yieldsMost-cited driver in our 'why is gold moving' notes, last 7 days (16% of mentions)
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What our AI notes have pointed to as the reasons gold moved, counted over the week, against the weeks before.

Source: Our own 'Why is gold moving?' notes (written every 15-30 minutes from our headlines), last 5 weeks.

What moves gold

as of 5 Nov 2026
±0.24%■ ISM manufacturing ±0.20% · US GDP / PCE (BEA) ±0.09%Average gold move 30 minutes after US jobless claims (last 2 releases)
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The size of the typical gold move after each release, up or down (averages of the last 6). Bigger numbers mean the release usually matters more.

Source: Our own record: COMEX gold futures 1-minute prices 5 and 30 minutes after each release we published, since 29 Oct 2026.

Intermarket correlations

as of 6 Nov 2026
+0.86▲ US dollar (DXY) -0.42 · US 10-year yield -0.18 · WTI crude -0.29 · S&P 500 +0.33 · Bitcoin +0.49Gold with Silver: correlation of daily moves over 3 months (the strongest link now)
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+1 means they move together, -1 opposite, 0 no link. A strong link that breaks down is often a sign that something new is driving Gold.

Source: GoldSquawk calculations from daily closes (Yahoo Finance).

Geopolitical news heat

as of 6 Nov 2026
961▲ Middle East: 761 (+29% vs the week before) · urgent headlines: 35Geopolitical headlines on our feed in the last 7 days
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How much geopolitical news is breaking, by region. A rising count usually means more risk in the price.

Source: Our own count of the headlines we published, by the places they mention (a headline can count for more than one region).

Central banks

Central bank tone

as of 5 Nov 2026
+19▲ balanced · 63 Fed remarksFed tone over the last 14 days, from -100 (very dovish) to +100 (very hawkish)
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Hawkish talk (higher rates for longer) tends to lift the dollar and weigh on gold; dovish talk does the opposite. Each central bank remark in our feed is scored by AI.

Source: GoldSquawk: AI scores of the central bank headlines we published; upcoming speakers from the calendar (Forex Factory).

+213.9 t▲ Biggest buyer: Poland +122.7 tNet change in official gold holdings this year, 15 central banks we track
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7 of 15 tracked central banks have added gold this year, led by Poland. Steady official buying is one of the main supports under the gold price.

Source: IMF International Reserves data (each country's latest reported month; the IMF publishes with a lag of one to two months).

Central bank tracker

as of Sep 2026
7 of 15▼ Top buyer this year: Poland +122.7 tCentral banks that added gold in their latest reported month
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Changes are in tonnes. Click a column heading to sort. The full monthly history is in the CSV.

Source: IMF International Reserves data (each country's latest reported month; the IMF publishes with a lag).

2,410 t▲ Buying 23 months in a row, +103.3 t this year · India 881 t (+0.2 t this year)China's official gold holdings (PBOC), Sep 2026
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The People's Bank of China has added gold 23 months running, a steady source of demand. India's holdings were unchanged in the latest month.

Source: IMF International Reserves data (China's own SAFE figures come out around the 7th of each month; the IMF a little later).

US Treasury auctions

as of 21 Oct 2026
5.469%▲ Bid-to-cover 2.73 vs 2.62 average of the previous 6High yield at the latest 20-year reopening auction, 21 Oct 2026
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Demand at the latest long-dated auction was stronger than usual.

Source: US Treasury, TreasuryDirect auction results (10-, 20- and 30-year notes and bonds).

ETFs and physical demand

Gold ETF holdings (GLD)

as of 4 Nov 2026
1,040.5 t▼ -19.5 t in a month, +1.9 t in a yearGold held by SPDR Gold Shares, the largest gold ETF
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Western investors have been taking gold out of ETFs over the past month.

Source: SPDR Gold Shares (World Gold Trust Services), daily holdings.

Gold ETF flows

as of 4 Nov 2026
-2.8 t▼ -20.6 t over 4 weeks · +7.3 t over 26 weeksGold into (+) or out of (−) GLD in the latest week
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ETF investors have been selling gold over the past month.

Source: SPDR Gold Shares daily holdings; iShares Gold Trust (IAU) is added as our own record of its holdings builds up.

China gold premium

as of 6 Nov 2026
+$2.31▲ 7-day average +$6.78Shanghai Gold Exchange benchmark vs London spot, per ounce
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Shanghai and London prices are close: Chinese demand is neither hot nor cold.

Source: Our own record of each SGE benchmark (SHAU) converted at the live USD/CNH rate, since 12 Oct 2026.

India gold premium

as of 6 Nov 2026
+$371.51▲ 7-day average +$373.01 · IBJA ₹141,023/10 g at ₹94.11/$IBJA benchmark vs London spot plus India's import duty, per ounce
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Indian buyers are paying above the duty-paid London price: demand in the world's second-biggest market is strong.

Source: Our own record of each IBJA gold 999 benchmark, against spot gold (Swissquote) and USD/INR (Yahoo) at the time, with India's 6% import duty, since 30 Oct 2026.

Swiss gold imports

as of Sep 2026
228 t▲ +22 t on the month · top: United Arab Emirates 91 t, Argentina 16 t, Italy 14 tGold imported into Switzerland in Sep 2026
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Switzerland refines most of the world's gold, so its imports show where metal is flowing. This month was above the 12-month average of 194 t.

Source: Swiss Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG) open data, imports by country.

Positioning

Speculative positioning

as of 27 Oct 2026
186.5K▼ -13.4K on the week · silver 19.7K (-0.1K)COMEX gold speculative net position (contracts)
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Speculators' gold position is in the middle of its range of the past year. A crowded long can unwind fast on bad news; a light one leaves room to buy.

Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, futures only (non-commercial net), every Friday for the week to Tuesday.

105.6K▲ +1.4K on the week · producers -9.6K · swap dealers -206.1KGold: hedge funds' (managed money) net position, contracts
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Hedge funds are the fast money: their buying and selling drives short-term moves. Producers and swap dealers mostly hedge, so they usually sit on the other side.

Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, disaggregated futures-only report, every Friday for the week to Tuesday.

Positioning heat map

as of 27 Oct 2026
13%▼ Silver near 3-year low · WTI crude near 3-year low · Natural gas near 3-year lowSilver (COMEX): where speculators' position sits in its 3-year range
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Positions near a 3-year extreme are crowded: when news turns, they can unwind fast and exaggerate the move.

Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (non-commercial net) and ICE Futures Europe COT (Brent, managed money net), weekly.

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The numbers behind the gold price, updated automatically from official sources and our own records: this week's big releases, session preps, implied volatility and price levels, news sentiment, central bank tone, intermarket correlations, central bank buying, ETF holdings and flows, positioning (including by trader type), the China and India premiums, Swiss gold flows, Treasury auctions, how gold reacts to each release, what's driving it and how hot the geopolitical news is.

Figures are taken from the sources named under each chart and refreshed every hour; some are published weekly or monthly. For information only; not investment advice.