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AUDUSD at 0.70211, 10.9 pips into the New York range

The next release is the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3

AUDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:30 PM

AUDUSD last traded at 0.70211, inside a New York session that has run 10.9 pips between 0.70187 and 0.70296. The nearest level above is the session open at 0.70272, 6.1 pips away, then the previous session high at 0.70394, 18.3 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 0.70248, 3.7 pips down, and the prior day low at 0.70049, 16.2 pips below.

The London session covered 14.6 pips between 0.70248 and 0.70394 and closed at 0.70272, where it opened. The prior trading day ran 33.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

After the auction, USD Durable Goods Orders m/m is scheduled for 2026-10-27 12:30 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with Core Durable Goods Orders m/m at the same time. Over 45 past durable goods releases AUDUSD moved 5.95 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.16 in the first 60, in either direction. The housing releases follow at 13:00 UTC, a family that has moved AUDUSD 4.58 pips on average in the first 15 minutes over 112 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 127292 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-20, a change of -9993 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest graded headline for AUDUSD, from FXStreet at 12:26 UTC, covers Australian inflation data and its effect on the yield edge, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.70272, high 0.70296, low 0.70187, close 0.70211: a range of 10.9 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 0.70272, high 0.70394, low 0.70248, close 0.70272: a range of 14.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70384, low 0.70049, close 0.70352 on 2026-10-23, a range of 33.6 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 44.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Durable Goods Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-27 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 1.8%. Previous 0.0%. From Forex Factory.
  7. USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-27 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  8. AUDUSD reaction to durable_goods_usdOver 45 past releases AUDUSD moved 5.95 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.16 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-27 13:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 2.7%. Previous 2.5%. From Forex Factory.
  10. AUDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases AUDUSD moved 4.58 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.48 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 127292 contracts, a change of -9993 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  12. Australian Dollar: Inflation data to bolster yield edge – BBHFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  13. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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