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AUDUSD holds 0.69817 in a 7.6 pip Asia range

The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next impact 3 release for the dollar

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 10:35 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69817, inside an Asia session that has run 7.6 pips between 0.69772 and 0.69848. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69900, 8.3 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.69748, 6.9 pips away.

New York closed at 0.69835 after a 15.3 pip range between 0.69748 and 0.69900. The prior trading day covered 28.4 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days, a calm day for this market.

The calendar holds 6 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours. The 10-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC has seen AUDUSD move 3.24 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.85 in the first 60 across 422 past releases. The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC has seen 6.31 pips in the first 15 minutes and 11.10 in the first 60 across 117 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for AUDUSD, FXStreet reported that the FOMC Minutes should shed further detail on the latest Fed decision at 18:29 UTC, impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69835, high 0.69848, low 0.69772, close 0.69817: a range of 7.6 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 0.69831, high 0.69900, low 0.69748, close 0.69835: a range of 15.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for AUD and USD6 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 422 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.24 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.85 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to fomc_usdOver 117 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.31 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.10 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. Forex Today: The FOMC Minutes should shed further detail on the latest Fed decisionFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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