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EURUSD holds 1.12302 after a 7.3 pip Asia range

USD Unemployment Claims, impact 3 of 3, is due at 12:30 UTC

EURUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 11:00 PM

EURUSD last traded at 1.12302, inside an Asia session that has run between 1.12296 and 1.12368, a range of 7.3 pips. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.12408, 10.6 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 1.12146, 15.6 pips away.

The New York session closed at 1.12329 after a range of 26.2 pips, and the prior trading day ran 26.8 pips between 1.12140 and 1.12408. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 68.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

USD Unemployment Claims is scheduled at 12:30 UTC with a forecast of 200K and a previous of 199K, alongside Continuing Jobless Claims at the same time. Over 101 past releases of that family EURUSD moved 9.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 137573 contracts, a change of -38241 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for EURUSD is the FXStreet item on the Japanese Yen at 23:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. EURUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.12305, high 1.12368, low 1.12296, close 1.12302: a range of 7.3 pips over 115 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. EURUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. EURUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.12294, high 1.12408, low 1.12146, close 1.12329: a range of 26.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. EURUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 68.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  6. EURUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases EURUSD moved 9.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 099741Large speculators are net short 137573 contracts, a change of -38241 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. The Japanese Yen barely moves as a Bank of Japan deputy talks up inflation riskFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for EURUSD by our headline classifier.

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