XAUUSD bullish gap, 23 October 2026
A 17.8-pip bullish fair value gap that formed at 2026-10-23 09:00 UTC. Price traded through the far edge at 2026-10-23 14:00 UTC.
Archive snapshot as of 2026-10-23 18:00 UTC. Built from candles read for this site, not from a running market. How gaps are defined
From formation to the end of its session
The first three candles are the ones that make the gap: its upper and lower edges are the wicks of candle 1 and candle 3. The box runs until price trades through the far edge, or to the last candle of the session.
The gap's fields
| Gap id | XAUUSD-15m-1792743300 |
|---|---|
| Market | Gold (XAUUSD) |
| Timeframe | 15m |
| Direction | Bullish |
| Upper edge | 4020.95 |
| Lower edge | 4019.16 |
| Size | 17.8 pips (pip = 0.1) |
| First candle opened | 2026-10-23 08:15 UTC |
| Formed (candle 3 closed) | 2026-10-23 09:00 UTC |
| Session | London (the session in which candle 3 closed) |
| Displacement | 1.10 (body of candle 2 over the average range of the last 14 candles; shown, not scored) |
| State | Filled, as of 2026-10-23 18:00 UTC |
| First touched | 2026-10-23 10:15 UTC (candle 5 after the gap formed) |
| Filled | 2026-10-23 14:00 UTC (candle 20 after the gap formed) |
| Left to fill | 0 pips (0% of the gap) |
| Age at session end | 9 h |
| Candles seen after it formed | 36 |
Definitions are on the methodology page.
How far price went after
In the 8 candles after the gap formed, measured from the close of candle 3, price reached 81.1 pips above that close and 27.6 pips below it. These are distances, not a forecast.
Similar gaps
Other XAUUSD 15m gaps in the third quarter by size (quartiles of this market's own gap sizes) in this archive: 5, formed from 23 October 2026 to 30 October 2026.
- 5 of 5 were touched by the end of their session, 4 of 5 filled.
- Median time from forming to first touch: 30 min, over the 5 that were touched.
- Within 4 candles of forming (only gaps watched for 4 candles): 3 of 4 touched, 2 of 4 filled.
Sample size 5. A session ends at 18:00 UTC, so a gap formed late has had few candles to be revisited: these counts describe the archive, and do not say what any gap will do next.
Other gaps in the same session
- Bearish gap of 16.6 pips, formed 2026-10-23 17:30 UTC (Filled)
- Bullish gap of 20.7 pips, formed 2026-10-23 16:15 UTC (Filled)
- Bearish gap of 57.5 pips, formed 2026-10-23 14:45 UTC (Touched, not filled)
- Bearish gap of 71.5 pips, formed 2026-10-23 14:30 UTC (Not revisited)
- Bearish gap of 11.1 pips, formed 2026-10-23 08:15 UTC (Filled)
Cite this gap
FairValueGaps.com archive scanner. XAUUSD 15m bullish fair value gap, 17.8 pips, formed 2026-10-23 09:00 UTC. Archive snapshot as of 2026-10-23 18:00 UTC. https://fairvaluegaps.com/gaps/xauusd-15m-1792743300/
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