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AUDUSD at 0.69736, Asia range 6.2 pips

Australian employment data is due at 00:30 UTC, 79 minutes away

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 14, 2026, 11:10 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69736, inside an Asia session that has run 6.2 pips between 0.69690 and 0.69752. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.69900, 16.4 pips up, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.69715, 2.1 pips down.

New York traded a 62.0 pip range, opening at 0.70080 and closing at 0.69716. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 45.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, a busy day for this market.

AUD Employment Change, AUD Unemployment Rate and AUD Full-Time Employment Change are all scheduled for 00:30 UTC, 79 minutes away. Over 24 past employment_aud releases AUDUSD moved 11.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a change of -35349 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument, graded impact 2 of 3, ran at 22:31:55 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69715, high 0.69752, low 0.69690, close 0.69736: a range of 6.2 pips over 126 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 0.70080, high 0.70128, low 0.69508, close 0.69716: a range of 62.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 45.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. AUD Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 19.6K. Previous 39.5K. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to employment_audOver 24 past releases AUDUSD moved 11.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. Aussie Dollar rejected at 0.70 as hot US CPI revived Fed hike threatFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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