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AUDUSD at 0.70266, 11.4 pips of London range so far

The next scheduled release is USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3

AUDUSD · London session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 8:55 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70266, inside a London session that has run 11.4 pips between 0.70175 and 0.70290. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.70296, 3 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.70177, 8.9 pips lower.

The Asia session covered 31.6 pips between 0.69980 and 0.70296 and closed at 0.70178. The prior trading day ran 46.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.4 pips; the latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 08:55 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC. The USD 20-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC; over 437 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-13, a change of -18711 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for AUDUSD is the FXStreet piece on the New Zealand Dollar holding steady as oil pressures inflation, impact 2 of 3, published at 07:59 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.70177, high 0.70290, low 0.70175, close 0.70266: a range of 11.4 pips over 116 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 0.69996, high 0.70296, low 0.69980, close 0.70178: a range of 31.6 pips over 593 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 67th 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 USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 08:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 437 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.30 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 117299 contracts, a change of -18711 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. New Zealand Dollar holds steady as oil pressures inflation, RBNZ rate hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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