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AUDUSD at 0.69694, top of a 7.2 pip London range

US Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release, graded impact 3 of 3

AUDUSD · London session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 8:30 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69694, the high of the London session so far, which has run 7.2 pips from 0.69622 to 0.69694 since the 07:00 UTC open. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.69900, 20.6 pips away, with the prior day high at 0.69954 and the round number at 0.70000 further up. Below sit the session open at 0.69626, 6.8 pips down, then the prior day low at 0.69551.

The Asia session ran 17.6 pips, from 0.69499 to 0.69675, and closed at 0.69626. The prior trading day covered 40.2 pips between 0.69551 and 0.69954. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.5 pips, and the latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

US Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Over 112 past releases of that family, AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.52 pips in the first 60, in either direction. The calendar holds 5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-14 08:30 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a change of -35349 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for AUDUSD, FXStreet reported on Japanese Yen intervention risk at 08:04 UTC and on New Zealand Dollar moves at 04:57 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.69626, high 0.69694, low 0.69622, close 0.69694: a range of 7.2 pips over 91 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 0.69564, high 0.69675, low 0.69499, close 0.69626: a range of 17.6 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69954, low 0.69551, close 0.69593 on 2026-10-12, a range of 40.2 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 47.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.52 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for AUD and USD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-14 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-12 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a change of -35349 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Japanese Yen: Intervention risks limit further depreciation - OCBCFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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