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EURUSD at 1.12408, 21.8 pips of London range so far

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

EURUSD · London session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 8:30 AM

EURUSD last traded at 1.12408, inside a London session that has run 21.8 pips between 1.12266 and 1.12484. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.12561, 15.3 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 1.12274, 13.4 pips away.

The Asia session closed at 1.12438 after a 28.7 pips range, and the prior trading day covered 26.8 pips. 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.

Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC carries impact 3 of 3, with Continuing Jobless Claims at the same time and the CB Leading Economic Index m/m at 14:00 UTC. Over 97 past releases of the jobless claims family, EURUSD moved 9.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.81 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 137573 contracts, a change of -38241 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for EURUSD is the New Zealand Dollar weakening on softer inflation data, impact 2 of 3, published at 07:43 UTC.

Session brief

  1. EURUSD, London sessionOpen 1.12438, high 1.12484, low 1.12266, close 1.12408: a range of 21.8 pips over 90 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, Asia sessionOpen 1.12305, high 1.12561, low 1.12274, close 1.12438: a range of 28.7 pips over 595 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 97 past releases EURUSD moved 9.53 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.81 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. New Zealand Dollar weakens amid softer Q3 inflation dataFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for EURUSD by our headline classifier.

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