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AUDUSD at 0.69728, New York range 54.5 pips

AUD Employment Change and Unemployment Rate land at 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC, both impact 3 of 3

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 14, 2026, 1:40 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69728, inside a New York session that has run 54.5 pips from 0.70128 down to 0.69583. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.69868, 14 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 0.69499, 22.9 pips away.

London ran a narrow 12.6 pips between 0.70006 and 0.70133 before closing at 0.70079. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 43.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility reading calls an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is AUD Employment Change at 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 19.6K against a previous 39.5K. Over 24 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 11.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

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 is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 2026-10-14 13:12 UTC by Action Forex.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.70080, high 0.70128, low 0.69583, close 0.69728: a range of 54.5 pips over 101 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 0.70022, high 0.70133, low 0.70006, close 0.70079: a range of 12.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. AUD Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-10-15 00:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 19.6K. Previous 39.5K. From Forex Factory.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to employment_audOver 24 past releases AUDUSD moved 11.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. Dollar Breaks Higher as Core CPI Pushes October Fed Hike Odds Above 40%Action Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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