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AUDUSD at 0.69760, London range 16.8 pips

USD Trade Balance is due at 12:30 UTC, the next release on the calendar

AUDUSD · London session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 8:35 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69760, inside a London session that has run 16.8 pips between 0.69618 and 0.69785. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.69771, 1.1 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day high at 0.69738, 2.2 pips below. Further up sits the round number at 0.70000, 24 pips above, and further down the session open at 0.69658, 10.2 pips below.

The Asia session ran 15.4 pips between 0.69617 and 0.69771, opening at 0.69676 and closing at 0.69658. The prior trading day covered 41.5 pips, from 0.69323 to 0.69738. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 57th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Seven releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 08:35 UTC, starting with USD Trade Balance at 12:30 UTC, forecast -100.8B against a previous -88.6B. Over 50 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 4.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.82 in the first 60, in either direction. USD Imports and USD Exports share that 12:30 UTC slot, and a USD 3-Year Note Auction follows at 17:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for AUDUSD is from FXStreet at 07:26 UTC on the Japanese Yen drifting lower as sustained USD buying offsets intervention fears, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.69658, high 0.69785, low 0.69618, close 0.69760: a range of 16.8 pips over 95 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, Asia sessionOpen 0.69676, high 0.69771, low 0.69617, close 0.69658: a range of 15.4 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69738, low 0.69323, close 0.69718 on 2026-10-05, a range of 41.5 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 49.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 57th 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 USD7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Trade BalanceScheduled 2026-10-06 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -100.8B. Previous -88.6B. From Forex Factory.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to trade_balance_usdOver 50 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.82 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. USD ImportsScheduled 2026-10-06 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous $​399.299 B. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  10. USD 3-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-06 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.474%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  11. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week. That is the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  12. Japanese Yen drifts lower as sustained USD buying offsets intervention fearsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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