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AUDUSD at 0.69816, 5.2 pips of Asia range so far

US housing data lands at 12:30 UTC, four releases of impact 2 in the next 24 hours

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 11:05 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69816, inside an Asia session that has run 5.2 pips between 0.69772 and 0.69824. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69930, 11.4 pips away, with the round number at 0.70000 a further 18.4 pips up. Below sit the session open at 0.69785, 3.1 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.69744, 7.2 pips down.

New York ran 18.6 pips between 0.69744 and 0.69930 and closed at 0.69797. The prior trading day covered 39.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Housing Starts m/m, Building Permits and Housing Starts are scheduled for 12:30 UTC, with Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC, all impact 2 of 3. Over 116 past releases of this family AUDUSD moved 4.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.70 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts, a change of -18711 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for AUDUSD is FXStreet's piece on the Australian Dollar and China GDP, graded impact 2 of 3 and published at 22:58 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69785, high 0.69824, low 0.69772, close 0.69816: a range of 5.2 pips over 121 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 0.69874, high 0.69930, low 0.69744, close 0.69797: a range of 18.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69930, low 0.69534, close 0.69797 on 2026-10-19, a range of 39.6 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 47.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 116 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.70 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts, a change of -18711 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Australian Dollar eyes 0.70 as China GDP surprise powers rallyFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. Economic calendar for AUD and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.

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