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AUDUSD holds 0.69611 near the top of a 6.1 pip Asia range

US Michigan sentiment and inflation expectations land at 14:00 UTC, eight releases in the next 24 hours

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 9, 2026, 12:15 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69611, inside an Asia session that has run 6.1 pips between 0.69562 and 0.69623 since the 0.69578 open. The nearest level above is the prior day and previous session high at 0.69732, 12.1 pips away, then the round number at 0.70000, 38.9 pips above. Below sit the session open 3.3 pips down, the previous session low at 0.69369 and the prior day low at 0.69328.

New York closed at 0.69576 after trading 36.3 pips between 0.69369 and 0.69732. The prior trading day covered 40.4 pips from 0.69328 to 0.69732. An ordinary day over the last 14 runs 46.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is USD Michigan Consumer Expectations at 14:00 UTC, forecast 42.6 against a previous 46.3, part of a group of US sentiment and inflation expectation prints at that hour. Over 74 past sentiment_usd releases AUDUSD moved 6.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Over 49 past inflation_expectations_usd releases the average moves were 6.60 pips in 15 minutes and 9.90 in 60.

Large speculators were net short 63239 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-09-29, a weekly change of -16425 and the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The AUD CFTC non-commercial net positions release is scheduled for 19:30 UTC, with a previous -63.2 K. The most recent graded headline for AUDUSD is the FXStreet item on the Mexican Peso from 18:45 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69578, high 0.69623, low 0.69562, close 0.69611: a range of 6.1 pips over 190 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 0.69374, high 0.69732, low 0.69369, close 0.69576: a range of 36.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69732, low 0.69328, close 0.69576 on 2026-10-08, a range of 40.4 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 46.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Michigan Consumer ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 42.6. Previous 46.3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to sentiment_usdOver 74 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to inflation_expectations_usdOver 49 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. AUD CFTC AUD Non-Commercial Net PositionsScheduled 2026-10-09 19:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous -63.2 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  11. Mexican Peso dives on solid US data, despite high inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. Economic calendar for AUD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-10 00:15 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-08 00:00 UTC.

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