Gold Futures Order Flow Map: Week of Oct 5 (key volume levels)

Gold Order Flow Map: week of Oct 5 🗺️

Gold futures (GC Dec '26) closed the week near 4170, right on the bottom edge of last week's value area.

📍 Levels from last week's volume:

• 4251–4262: sold three times (rejection zone)
• 4207–4210: Thursday's POC
• 4196: weekly VWAP
• 4187–4190: weekly POC, the magnet
• 4167–4172: weekly value-area low (Friday closed here)
• 4163 / 4154: Friday's overnight and New York lows
• 4143–4145: week low, bought twice

Two paths, no predictions:
↗️ Holds above ≈4172 and builds volume → rotating toward 4187–4190 is the typical auction path
↘️ Accepted below 4154 → 4143–4145 is the last reference from last week

Acceptance = time + volume at a price. One wick is not acceptance.

Trading XAUUSD? Subtract the futures–spot gap from each level (slide 8).

Data: NinjaTrader, COMEX gold futures, Sep 28 – Oct 2. These are reference levels for learning to read volume, not trade signals.