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AUDUSD holds 0.69722 in a 9.7 pip Asia range

US Trade Balance is the next release, at 12:30 UTC, with a forecast of -100.8B

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 10:35 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69722, inside an Asia session that has run 9.7 pips between 0.69671 and 0.69768. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69738, 1.6 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.69676, 4.6 pips away.

New York closed at 0.69718 after a 23.9 pip range between 0.69499 and 0.69738. The prior trading day ran 41.5 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.0 pips, with the latest day at the 55th percentile of the last 42 days, an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Trade Balance at 12:30 UTC, forecast -100.8B against a previous -88.6B. Over 50 past releases of that family, AUDUSD moved 4.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.82 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 headlines graded for AUDUSD include an Australian Dollar piece at 07:36 UTC and a Forex Today piece at 08:05 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69676, high 0.69768, low 0.69671, close 0.69722: a range of 9.7 pips over 90 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 0.69598, high 0.69738, low 0.69499, close 0.69718: a range of 23.9 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Trade BalanceScheduled 2026-10-06 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -100.8B. Previous -88.6B. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to trade_balance_usdOver 50 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.82 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. Australian Dollar weakens amid Middle East tensions, cool inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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