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AUDUSD holds 0.69256 in an 8.1 pip Asia range

US Non-Farm Employment Change is due at 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 89K against a previous 162K

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69256, inside an Asia session that has run 8.1 pips between 0.69252 and 0.69333 over 180 minutes. The session open at 0.69298 is 4.2 pips above the last price, the previous session high at 0.69556 is 30 pips above it and the prior day low at 0.69038 is 21.8 pips below.

New York ran a 51.8 pip range between 0.69038 and 0.69556 over 540 minutes and closed at 0.69312. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 70th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 are scheduled in the next 24 hours. US Non-Farm Employment Change is due at 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, forecast 89K against a previous 162K. Over 23 past payrolls releases AUDUSD moved 18.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 17.20 in the first 60, in either direction.

COT data to 2026-09-22 show large speculators net short 46814 contracts, a change of -7908 on the week and the 22nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. FXStreet's Forex Today note on US NFP taking centre stage, published 2026-10-01 17:04:39 UTC, is graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69298, high 0.69333, low 0.69252, close 0.69256: a range of 8.1 pips over 180 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. AUDUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.69533, high 0.69556, low 0.69038, close 0.69312: a range of 51.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 70th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for AUD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 00:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-31 00:00 UTC.
  6. USD Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 89K. Previous 162K. From Forex Factory.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to nfp_usdOver 23 past releases AUDUSD moved 18.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 17.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 46814 contracts, a change of -7908 on the week. That is the 22nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Forex Today: US NFP takes centre stageFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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