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AUDUSD holds 0.70233 after a 13.8 pip Asia range

USD Unemployment Claims, impact 3 of 3, is scheduled at 12:30 UTC

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 11:00 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70233, inside an Asia session that has run between 0.70209 and 0.70347, a range of 13.8 pips. The nearest level above is the previous day high at 0.70361, 12.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.70185, 4.8 pips away.

The New York session ran 17.6 pips between 0.70185 and 0.70361 and closed at 0.70286. The prior trading day covered 38.1 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips, with the latest day at the 40th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Four releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC with a forecast of 200K and a previous of 199K. Over 101 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.50 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 most recent headline graded for AUDUSD is the FXStreet report on the Japanese Yen, impact 2 of 3, published at 23:00 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.70260, high 0.70347, low 0.70209, close 0.70233: a range of 13.8 pips over 116 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 0.70312, high 0.70361, low 0.70185, close 0.70286: a range of 17.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.50 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. The Japanese Yen barely moves as a Bank of Japan deputy talks up inflation riskFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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