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AUDUSD at 0.69631 in a 9.2 pip Asia range

Initial Jobless Claims is due at 12:30 UTC, the next release on the calendar

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 10:35 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69631, inside an Asia session that has run 9.2 pips between 0.69564 and 0.69657. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.69695, 6.4 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.69848, 21.7 pips above. Below sit the prior day low and previous session low, both at 0.69428, 20.3 pips down.

New York closed at 0.69622 after a 26.8 pip range between 0.69428 and 0.69695. The prior trading day ran 42 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Initial Jobless Claims is scheduled for 12:30 UTC with a forecast of 190 K against a previous 197 K. Over 97 past releases of that family, AUDUSD moved 6.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.42 in the first 60, in either direction. A 30-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, where 423 past releases moved the pair 3.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes.

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 the Mexican Peso holding firm as FOMC Minutes signalled further rate hikes at 22:03 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69656, high 0.69657, low 0.69564, close 0.69631: a range of 9.2 pips over 91 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 0.69536, high 0.69695, low 0.69428, close 0.69622: a range of 26.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69848, low 0.69428, close 0.69622 on 2026-10-07, a range of 42 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.42 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. 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.
  10. Mexican Peso holds firm as FOMC Minutes signal further rate hikesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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