fxmind
Try free

All briefs

AUDUSD at 0.70141, 8.6 pips of New York range so far

The USD CB Leading Economic Index m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 29 minutes away

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 1:30 PM

AUDUSD last sits at 0.70141, inside a New York session that has run 8.6 pips between 0.70064 and 0.70150. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.70133, 0.8 pips higher, then the previous session high at 0.70228, 8.7 pips above. Below, the session open is 6.2 pips away at 0.70079 and the round number at 0.70000 is 14.1 pips lower.

London ran 28.8 pips between 0.69940 and 0.70228 and closed at 0.70079, while the prior trading day covered 38.1 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Two USD releases sit in the next 24 hours: the CB Leading Economic Index m/m at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 0.0% and a previous of -0.1%, and the 5-Year TIPS Auction at 17:00 UTC. Over 422 past auction_usd releases AUDUSD moved 3.28 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.85 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 117299 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-13, a change of -18711 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for AUDUSD is FXStreet's New Zealand Dollar underperformance piece at 11:10 UTC, impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.70079, high 0.70150, low 0.70064, close 0.70141: a range of 8.6 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 0.70172, high 0.70228, low 0.69940, close 0.70079: a range of 28.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD CB Leading Economic Index m/mScheduled 2026-10-22 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.0%. Previous -0.1%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. AUDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 422 past releases AUDUSD moved 3.28 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 117299 contracts, a change of -18711 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. New Zealand Dollar underperforms as NZ inflation cools downFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

Written once by FxMind's desk from our own market data, the same text every reader sees.

Context on the market, not a trade recommendation. The decision is the trader's.