RESEARCH ARCHIVE / Gold
Gold · 2026-08-26 Daily Assessment Archive
ARCHIVED MARKET STATE / Market conditions for the period
- Trend score / −3 to +3
- +0.16
- Signal consistency
- 48%
- Archived close / USDT / One ounce of contract underlying
- 4,626.26
System assessment: “Neutral with bullish bias”, trend score +0.16 (confidence 48%). Gold (XAUUSDT perpetual) closed at $4,626.26, daily change -0.68%, intraday range amplitude 1.87%; 3-day +0.23%, 5-day +2.49%. Daily EMA10/EMA20 is in a golden-cross state (gap +2.44%, 2026-08-05 golden cross, 15 trading days ago). Macro, U.S. Dollar Index 99.17 (+0.25%), U.S. 10-year Treasury yield 4.664% (+2.5bp). Contracts, perpetual open interest -3.28%, daily average funding rate +0.0031% (previous 7 days +0.0002%), aggressive buy/sell ratio 1.047. Main bullish factors: daily EMA trend, aggressive buy/sell ratio; Main bearish factors: change in U.S. Dollar Index, daily change.
The above is the archive for 2026-08-26. The original uses “confidence,” interpreted on this site as signal consistency; it cannot directly mean probability of a rise or forecast accuracy. The original summary retains its contemporaneous wording.
01 / Data and market review
Key data
- Close $4,626.26, UTC 2026-08-26 00:00 open $4,657.84, versus previous trading day（2026-08-25）Close $4,657.86 -0.68%
- Intraday high $4,673.50 / low $4,586.44, range 1.87%; 30-day range $4,003.11 – $4,700.63
- Momentum: 3-day +0.23%, 5-day +2.49%, 30-day +13.47%; daily volatility over 30 trading days 1.59%
- Daily EMA10 $4,533.56 / EMA20 $4,420.87, gap +2.44% (as % of close), golden-cross state (EMA10 above EMA20); most recent crossover: 2026-08-05 golden cross, 15 trading days ago
- US Dollar Index 98.92 → 99.17（+0.25%）, 5-day +0.34%
- U.S. 10-year Treasury yield 4.639% → 4.664% (+2.5bp), 5-day +1.1bp
- Perpetual volume 413,000 ounces（approximately 1.907 billion USDT）, latest 5 trading days' volume versus previous 5 days +6.57%
- Perpetual open interest 82000 → 79000 ounces (-3.28%), notional value approximately $367 million
- Funding rate (settled every 4 hours), daily average +0.0031%, preceding 7-day average +0.0002%, annualized approximately +6.7%
- 24h aggregate taker buy/sell ratio 1.047 (buy 211,000 / sell 201,000ounces); 15/24 hours buyer-dominated
- Market-wide account long/short ratio 0.974 → 1.245（+27.81%）; top trader account long/short ratio 0.919 → 1.126（+22.56%）
- CFTC positioning report (2026-08-18): COMEX gold managed-money net long 141,648 contracts, weekly change +3,986 contracts (weekly data, excluded from trend score)
24H market review
- Asian session（UTC 00:00–06:00）: $4,657.84 → $4,643.33, -0.31%, range $4,633.59 – $4,673.50, volume 87,000 ounces（of daily volume 21.1%）
- European session (UTC 06:00–12:00): $4,643.35 → $4,628.71, -0.32%, range $4,617.68 – $4,645.59, volume 73,000 ounces (17.6% of daily total)
- Americas session (UTC 12:00–18:00): $4,628.70 → $4,601.33, -0.59%, range $4,586.44 – $4,636.99, volume 199,000 ounces (48.1% of daily total), the day's high-volume session
- Late US session（UTC 18:00–24:00）: $4,601.33 → $4,626.26, +0.54%, range $4,588.66 – $4,627.32, volume 54,000 ounces（of daily volume 13.2%）
02 / Scoring basis
| Factor | Weight | Standardized value z | Score contribution | Availability status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily change | 22% | -0.428 | -0.151 | Provided |
| 3-day momentum | 8% | 0.082 | +0.010 | Provided |
| 5-day (weekly) momentum | 8% | 0.690 | +0.088 | Provided |
| Daily EMA trend | 10% | 1.530 | +0.245 | Provided |
| Change in US Dollar Index | 12% | -0.870 | -0.167 | Provided |
| Change in U.S. Treasury yields | 8% | -0.594 | -0.076 | Provided |
| Change in open interest | 8% | 0.328 | +0.042 | Provided |
| Aggressive buy/sell ratio | 8% | 0.948 | +0.121 | Provided |
| Funding-rate change | 4% | 0.722 | +0.046 | Provided |
| Funding-rate crowding | 4% | 0.193 | +0.012 | Provided |
| Change in retail long/short ratio | 4% | -1.390 | -0.089 | Provided |
| Change in top-trader long/short ratio | 4% | 1.128 | +0.072 | Provided |
Factor values and contributions follow this period's scoring version 2026-09-25.gold.2 and are not recalculated on the details page.
03 / AI analysis and content status
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04 / Timing, measurement bases and data sources
Data window 2026-08-26 00:00:00 UTC → 2026-08-27 00:00:00 UTC; data archive generated 2026-09-25 14:54:20.329 UTC; snapshot included on this page 2026-10-05 13:28:08 UTC.
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Gold historical assessment for UTC trading day 2026-08-26: Data and scores · AI commentary not generated, retaining the period's data, scoring version and sources. For reviewing observations from that period; historical views do not represent current market conditions.
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