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AUDUSD at 0.70255, 14 pips into the New York range

EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change is due at 14:30 UTC, 39 minutes away

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 1:50 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70255, inside a New York session that has run 14 pips between 0.70221 and 0.70361. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.70360, 10.5 pips away, with the session open at 0.70312, 5.7 pips above the last price. Below sit the previous session low at 0.70175, 8 pips away, and the prior day high at 0.70174, 8.1 pips away.

London closed at 0.70313 after a range of 18.6 pips between 0.70175 and 0.70360. The prior trading day ran 46.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The 20-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC. Over 437 past releases of that family AUDUSD moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Unemployment Claims come at 12:30 UTC on 2026-10-22, and over 101 past releases of that family the pair moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.50 in the first 60.

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 an FXStreet piece on the New Zealand Dollar and RBNZ at 09:34 UTC and one on the British Pound and the BoE at 09:26 UTC, both graded 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.70312, high 0.70361, low 0.70221, close 0.70255: a range of 14 pips over 110 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 0.70177, high 0.70360, low 0.70175, close 0.70313: a range of 18.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70174, low 0.69708, close 0.70030 on 2026-10-20, a range of 46.6 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 47.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD 20-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-21 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 5.420%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 437 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases AUDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.50 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. New Zealand Dollar: RBNZ hike seen with CPI near forecast – INGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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