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AUDUSD at 0.70210, 6.8 pips of London range so far

USD Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, the first of 8 releases in the window

AUDUSD · London session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 8:35 AM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70210, inside a London session that has run 6.8 pips between 0.70170 and 0.70239 over 95 minutes. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.70248, 3.8 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.70366, 15.6 pips up. Below sit the prior week high at 0.70133, 7.7 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.70049, 16.1 pips lower.

The Asia session ran 19.8 pips between 0.70049 and 0.70248 and closed at 0.70208. The prior trading day covered 42.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.9 pips, with the latest day at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

USD Flash Manufacturing PMI is scheduled at 13:45 UTC with a forecast of 55.4 against a previous 57.0, and Flash Services PMI at the same time with 57.9 against 58.7. Over 95 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 5.45 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.43 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-22 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders 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 for AUDUSD is FXStreet's Australian Dollar holds steady amid RBNZ rate hike bets, weak PMI data, published at 07:33 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3 for this instrument.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.70208, high 0.70239, low 0.70170, close 0.70210: a range of 6.8 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 0.70170, high 0.70248, low 0.70049, close 0.70208: a range of 19.8 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70366, low 0.69940, close 0.70202 on 2026-10-22, a range of 42.6 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 44.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  7. USD Flash Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 57.9. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 95 past releases AUDUSD moved 5.45 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.43 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. Economic calendar for AUD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-24 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-22 00:00 UTC.
  10. 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.
  11. Australian Dollar holds steady amid RBNZ rate hike bets, weak PMI dataFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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