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AUDUSD at 0.69304, London range 17.0 pips

Eight USD releases of impact 2 or 3 land at 12:30 UTC, 214 minutes away

AUDUSD · London session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69304, inside a London session that has run 17.0 pips between 0.69438 and 0.69268. The nearest level above is the session open at 0.69388, 8.4 pips up, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.69372, 6.8 pips down. Further out sit the prior week low at 0.69323, 1.9 pips below, and the round number at 0.69000, 30.4 pips below.

The Asia session ran 43.4 pips from 0.69715 to 0.69388, closing at its low end. The prior trading day covered 62.6 pips between 0.70133 and 0.69508. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 45.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

The next scheduled risk is a cluster of USD releases at 12:30 UTC, 214 minutes away, including Core PPI m/m, PPI m/m, Retail Sales m/m, Core Retail Sales m/m, Philly Fed Manufacturing Index and Unemployment Claims, all graded impact 3 of 3. Over 24 past PPI releases AUDUSD moved 8.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Over 100 past jobless claims releases it moved 6.50 pips in the first 15 minutes and 9.40 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net short 98588 contracts, a change of -35349 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for AUDUSD, graded impact 2 of 3, was published at 08:44 UTC and flags PPI and retail sales as fresh risks for markets.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.69388, high 0.69438, low 0.69268, close 0.69304: a range of 17.0 pips over 115 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 0.69715, high 0.69806, low 0.69372, close 0.69388: a range of 43.4 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70133, low 0.69508, close 0.69716 on 2026-10-14, a range of 62.6 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 45.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Core PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 0.2%. From Forex Factory.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to ppi_usdOver 24 past releases AUDUSD moved 8.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 100 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. US inflation worries aren't over yet as PPI and retail sales pose fresh risks for marketsinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Economic calendar for AUD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 08:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.

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