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AUDUSD at 0.69724, 17.2 pips into the New York range

Four USD releases land at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away, led by the Michigan survey

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 9, 2026, 1:35 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69724, inside a New York session that has run 17.2 pips between 0.69676 and 0.69848. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69732, 0.8 pips up, and the nearest below is the prior session low at 0.69745, 2.1 pips down. Further out sit the round number at 0.70000, 27.6 pips above, and the prior week low at 0.69038, 68.6 pips below.

London closed at 0.69830 after a 10.4 pip range between 0.69745 and 0.69849. The prior trading day covered 40.4 pips, from 0.69328 to 0.69732. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 46.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

At 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away, the USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment, Michigan Consumer Expectations and two inflation expectations releases are scheduled. Past sentiment_usd releases moved AUDUSD 6.16 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.34 in the first 60, in either direction, across 72 samples. Inflation expectations releases moved it 6.55 pips in the first 15 minutes and 9.72 in the first 60, across 48 samples.

Large speculators are net short 63239 contracts, a change of -16425 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. FXStreet reported the Australian Dollar struggling to extend gains, graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD at 10:57 UTC. investingLive put US inflation expectations in focus in today's Michigan consumer survey, also graded 2 of 3, at 06:06 UTC.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.69831, high 0.69848, low 0.69676, close 0.69724: a range of 17.2 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, London sessionOpen 0.69804, high 0.69849, low 0.69745, close 0.69830: a range of 10.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69732, low 0.69328, close 0.69576 on 2026-10-08, a range of 40.4 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 46.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Prelim UoM Consumer SentimentScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 47.5. Previous 47.8. From Forex Factory.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to sentiment_usdOver 72 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.16 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.34 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to inflation_expectations_usdOver 48 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.72 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. Australian Dollar struggles to extend gains to near 0.7000, US CPI comes into focusFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Economic data spotlight: US inflation expectations in focus in today's Michigan consumer surveyinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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