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AUDUSD holds 0.69867 near the top of a 9.9 pip New York range

Three USD housing releases land at 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, the next scheduled risk in our window

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 1:30 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.69867, inside a New York session that has run 9.9 pips between 0.69788 and 0.69887. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.69914, 4.7 pips away, with the round number at 0.70000 a further 13.3 pips up. Below sit the previous session low at 0.69690, 17.7 pips down, and the prior day high at 0.69674, 19.3 pips down.

The London session before it ran 22.4 pips between 0.69690 and 0.69914 and closed at 0.69874. The prior trading day covered 51.2 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.6 pips, with the latest day at the 69th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

USD Housing Starts m/m, Building Permits and Housing Starts are all scheduled for 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC at impact 2 of 3. Over 112 past housing_usd releases AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.47 in the first 60, in either direction.

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 headlines graded for AUDUSD include the New Zealand Dollar piece from FXStreet at 11:48 UTC and the Canadian Dollar piece at 10:29 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.69874, high 0.69887, low 0.69788, close 0.69867: a range of 9.9 pips over 91 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 0.69800, high 0.69914, low 0.69690, close 0.69874: a range of 22.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.69674, low 0.69162, close 0.69460 on 2026-10-16, a range of 51.2 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 49.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 69th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USD Building PermitsScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 1.39M. Previous 1.39M. From Forex Factory.
  8. USD Housing StartsScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 1.30M. Previous 1.28M. From Forex Factory.
  9. AUDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.59 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.47 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. New Zealand Dollar extends winning streak against US Dollar, NZ Q3 CPI data in focusFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. Canadian Dollar extends recovery with all eyes on inflation dataFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  13. Economic calendar for AUD and USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 13:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.

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