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AUDUSD holds 0.70315 after an 8.6 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 25, 2026, 11:05 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70315, near the top of its Asia session range of 8.6 pips between 0.70314 and 0.70399. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.70384, 6.9 pips away, with the round number at 0.71000 further up at 68.5 pips. Below, the prior day low sits at 0.70049, 26.6 pips away, and the round number at 0.70000 at 31.5 pips.

The previous trading day ran 33.6 pips between 0.70049 and 0.70384 and closed at 0.70352. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC, with a previous of 4.787%. Over 440 past releases of this family AUDUSD moved 3.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 127292 contracts, a change of -9993 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The one headline graded for AUDUSD, on China warning of countermeasures as US Treasury widens tech investment curbs, carries impact 1 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.70328, high 0.70399, low 0.70314, close 0.70315: a range of 8.6 pips over 120 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, previous trading dayHigh 0.70384, low 0.70049, close 0.70352 on 2026-10-23, a range of 33.6 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for AUD and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-26 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-24 00:00 UTC.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 440 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.20 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.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 127292 contracts, a change of -9993 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Weekend - China warns of countermeasures as US Treasury widens tech investment curbs to biotechinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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