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AUDUSD holds 0.69576, London range 16.6 pips

Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release, impact 3 of 3

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

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69576, inside a London session that has run 16.6 pips between 0.69457 and 0.69624. The nearest level above is the Asia session high at 0.69683, 10.7 pips away, and the nearest below is the Asia session low at 0.69452, 12.4 pips away. Further out sit the prior day high at 0.69848 and the prior day low at 0.69428.

Asia traded 23.1 pips between 0.69683 and 0.69452 and closed at 0.69504. The prior trading day covered 42 pips between 0.69848 and 0.69428. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 46.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-09 08:35 UTC, and covers up to 2026-11-07 00:00 UTC. Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC carries impact 3 of 3, with forecast 190 K and previous 197 K. Over 97 past jobless claims releases AUDUSD moved 6.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.42 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for AUDUSD, FXStreet reported the Indian Rupee getting relief from likely RBI intervention at 05:54 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Action Forex reported FOMC Minutes showing a unanimous hike and a bias toward further tightening at 01:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.69504, high 0.69624, low 0.69457, close 0.69576: a range of 16.6 pips over 96 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 0.69656, high 0.69683, low 0.69452, close 0.69504: a range of 23.1 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69848, low 0.69428, close 0.69622 on 2026-10-07, a range of 42 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 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for AUD and USD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-09 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-07 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.42 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. Indian Rupee gets relief from likely RBI interventionFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. FOMC Minutes Show Unanimous Hike and Confirm Bias Toward Further TighteningAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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