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AUDUSD holds 0.70137 after an 11.5 pip Asia range

USD Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, the first scheduled risk of the session

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 12:05 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70137, inside an Asia session that has run 11.5 pips between 0.70126 and 0.70241 since the 0.70170 open. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.70244, 10.7 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior week high at 0.70133, 0.4 pips under the last price.

New York closed at 0.70202 after a 22.0 pip range between 0.70024 and 0.70244. The prior trading day ran 42.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.9 pips, with the latest day at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with the USD Flash Manufacturing PMI at 13:45 UTC with a forecast of 55.4 against a previous 57.0. Over 99 past pmi_usd releases AUDUSD moved 5.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.30 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 the headlines graded for AUDUSD, FXStreet reported the New Zealand Dollar losing ground as inflation eased in the third quarter, published at 18:00 UTC at impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.70170, high 0.70241, low 0.70126, close 0.70137: a range of 11.5 pips over 180 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 0.70079, high 0.70244, low 0.70024, close 0.70202: a range of 22.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 99 past releases AUDUSD moved 5.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.30 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. New Zealand Dollar loses ground as inflation eases in third quarterFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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