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AUDUSD holds 0.69868, New York range 11.6 pips

Fed Governor Bowman speaks at 14:45 UTC, 69 minutes away

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69868, inside a New York session that has run 11.6 pips between 0.69785 and 0.69900. The nearest level above is the round number 0.70000, 13.2 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session high at 0.69849, 1.9 pips lower.

London closed at 0.69831 after a 23.2 pip range between 0.69618 and 0.69849. The prior trading day covered 41.5 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.0 pips, with the latest day at the 57th percentile of the last 42 days, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Four releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the next 24 hours, starting with the Fed Governor Bowman speech at 14:45 UTC. Past auction_usd releases moved AUDUSD 3.25 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.85 in the first 60, in either direction, across 421 samples.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a weekly change of -16425 and the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services release from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis at 12:30 UTC is graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.69831, high 0.69900, low 0.69785, close 0.69868: a range of 11.6 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, London sessionOpen 0.69658, high 0.69849, low 0.69618, close 0.69831: a range of 23.2 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 57th 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 USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.25 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.85 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-10-06 14:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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