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AUDUSD holds 0.69594 in a 7.2 pip Asia range

Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release, graded 3 of 3 for AUDUSD

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:40 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69594, inside an Asia session that has run 7.2 pips between 0.69564 and 0.69635. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.69755, 16.1 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 0.69551, 4.3 pips under the last price.

New York closed at 0.69593 after a 20.4 pip range, having opened at 0.69718 and reached 0.69755. The prior trading day ran 40.2 pips from 0.69551 to 0.69954, while an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 47.5 pips, a 50th percentile reading that the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds four releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with a Fed Governor Waller speech at 07:45 UTC. Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC carries impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M; over 112 past housing_usd releases AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.52 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a weekly change of -35349 and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for AUDUSD, graded impact 2 of 3, is from FXStreet at 19:08 UTC on gold, oil and US Dollar moves.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69564, high 0.69635, low 0.69564, close 0.69594: a range of 7.2 pips over 95 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 0.69718, high 0.69755, low 0.69551, close 0.69593: a range of 20.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69954, low 0.69551, close 0.69593 on 2026-10-12, a range of 40.2 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 47.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 50th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for AUD and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Fed Governor Waller SpeechScheduled 2026-10-13 07:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  9. AUDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.52 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  10. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a change of -35349 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  11. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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