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AUDUSD holds 0.69549 in a 10.4 pip Asia range

US PMI releases at 13:45 and 14:00 UTC are the next scheduled event risk

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 4, 2026, 11:00 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69549, inside an Asia session that has run 10.4 pips between 0.69510 and 0.69614. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69756, 20.7 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.69534, 1.5 pips under the last price.

The prior day closed at 0.69540 after a 62.5 pip range between 0.69131 and 0.69756. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 47.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the next 24 hours, starting with the USD Final Services PMI at 13:45 UTC, 884 minutes away, forecast 58.7 against a previous 58.7. Over 97 past pmi_usd releases AUDUSD moved 5.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.30 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headlines for AUDUSD are graded impact 1 of 3: a Middle East war update at 22:38 UTC, an Australia services PMI item at 22:16 UTC and an Asia calendar note at 21:53 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69534, high 0.69614, low 0.69510, close 0.69549: a range of 10.4 pips over 115 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, previous trading dayHigh 0.69756, low 0.69131, close 0.69540 on 2026-10-02, a range of 62.5 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Final Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 58.7. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 97 past releases AUDUSD moved 5.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week. That is the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Middle East War updates: Iran says Strait of Hormuz main focus of talks to end war with USFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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