# XAUAUD Price Today: Live Chart and Daily Range | DT Terminal > Live XAUAUD price and XAUAUD chart. See today's range, how XAUAUD moves in each session since 2016, and size your next XAUAUD trade. Metals · Gold vs Australian dollar # XAUAUD price AUD -208.98 (-3.65%) today Bid 5,511.69 Ask 5,513.50 Spread 1.81 Updated 20:54:59 UTC Market closed Opens Sun 23:01 UTC [Open full chart](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Loading the chart… Day range 5,505.69 to 5,734.32 A$228.63 so far today Previous close 5,720.67 The last session's close 52 week range 5,505.69 to 7,939.94 High set 28 Jan 2026 Average day range A$113.18 Last 90 trading days ## How XAUAUD moves through the day Average XAUAUD range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2016. ### Average range by session Asia 00:00 to 07:00 0.69% · about A$37.87 today London 07:00 to 12:00 0.58% · about A$32.08 today London and New York 12:00 to 16:00 0.79% · about A$43.65 today New York afternoon 16:00 to 21:00 0.53% · about A$29.21 today ### Busiest hours (UTC) 00 to 11 top row 12 to 23 bottom row XAUAUD moves most from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 21:00 UTC. ## Size a XAUAUD trade One standard lot of XAUAUD is 100 ounces on most brokers. Check your broker's contract size before you trade. Account balance (AUD) Risk per trade (%) Stop distance (AUD per ounce) Position size 0.20 lots Risking A$100.00 · A$20.00 per A$1 move [Pip value calculator](https://www.thedtterminal.com/calculators/pip-value) [Margin calculator](https://www.thedtterminal.com/calculators/margin) [Risk to reward calculator](https://www.thedtterminal.com/calculators/risk-reward) Your XAUAUD trades ## See your own XAUAUD trades on this chart Connect your broker once. Every XAUAUD entry and exit lands on the chart, your journal and rules sit beside it, and Edge learns from your trades to show you the one thing to fix next. Then practice it on XAUAUD in the backtester before you trade it live. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) [Practice XAUAUD in the backtester](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Example: an entry and its exit marked on a XAUAUD chart Example: your entry (green) and exit (red) drawn where they happened. Edge Example: "Most of your XAUAUD losses come in the first 15 minutes after New York opens. Try waiting for the first 15 minute candle to close." ## XAUAUD questions ### What is XAUAUD? XAUAUD is the price of one troy ounce of gold in Australian dollars. XAU is the code for gold and AUD is the currency it is priced in. ### Why is my broker's XAUAUD price different? Each broker quotes its own bid and ask from its own liquidity providers, so prices can differ a little from broker to broker. The prices here are indicative bid quotes. Spreads also widen around big news and when the market opens. ### When does XAUAUD trade? Spot gold trades nearly 24 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday evening, New York time, with a short daily break around 17:00 New York time. ### How much is one lot of XAUAUD? On most brokers one standard lot of XAUAUD is 100 ounces, so a move of 1.00 in the price is worth A$100.00 a lot and 0.01 lots moves A$1.00. Check your broker's contract size before you trade. ### What moves the XAUAUD price? Mostly US interest rate expectations, the US dollar, inflation data and how much risk markets want to take. Gold often rises when the dollar and real interest rates fall. ## Markets traders watch with XAUAUD [XAUUSD Gold vs US dollar -3.60%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xauusd) [XAGUSD Silver vs US dollar -5.83%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xagusd) [XPTUSD Platinum vs US dollar -3.73%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xptusd) [DXY US dollar index +0.03%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/dxy) --- Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure). This is the Markdown version of https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xauaud. [Home](https://www.thedtterminal.com/) · [Verification](https://www.thedtterminal.com/verification) · [Pricing](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing) · [Supported brokers](https://www.thedtterminal.com/supported-brokers) · [Rankings](https://www.thedtterminal.com/rankings) · [About](https://www.thedtterminal.com/about) · [llms.txt](https://www.thedtterminal.com/llms.txt)