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AUDUSD at 0.70123 near the top of a 15.7 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 10:55 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70123, inside an Asia session that has run 15.7 pips between 0.69980 and 0.70137 over 108 minutes. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.70133, 1 pip away, with the prior day and previous session high at 0.70174, 5.1 pips above. Below sit the round number at 0.70000, 12.3 pips down, and the session open at 0.69996, 12.7 pips down.

The previous New York session ran 33.3 pips between 0.69841 and 0.70174 and closed at 0.70030. The prior trading day covered 46.6 pips, from 0.69708 to 0.70174. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-21 22:55 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC. The USD 20-Year Bond Auction is scheduled at 2026-10-21 17:00 UTC. Over 437 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts, a change of -18711 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded 2 of 3 for AUDUSD, FXStreet reported on gold near a round figure with global rate hike risks, and separately on UK inflation coming to the fore.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.69996, high 0.70137, low 0.69980, close 0.70123: a range of 15.7 pips over 108 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 0.69842, high 0.70174, low 0.69841, close 0.70030: a range of 33.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70174, low 0.69708, close 0.70030 on 2026-10-20, a range of 46.6 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 47.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 67th 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 USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-21 22:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD 20-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-21 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 5.420%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 437 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. Gold struggles near $4,150 as global rate hike risks loomFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Forex Today: UK inflation comes to the foreFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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