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EURUSD at 1.12294, 21.6 pips into the New York range

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

EURUSD · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:35 PM

EURUSD last traded at 1.12294, near the top of a New York session that has run 21.6 pips between 1.12108 and 1.12323. The nearest levels above are the previous day high at 1.12347, 5.3 pips away, and the previous session high at 1.12344, 5 pips away; below sit the session open at 1.12110, 18.4 pips down, and the previous session low at 1.12046, 24.8 pips down.

London ran 29.8 pips between 1.12046 and 1.12344 and closed at 1.12110, and the prior day covered 58.2 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 75.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 67th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is scheduled for 14:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.6% and a previous of 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family EURUSD moved 5.91 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.27 in the first 60, in either direction. Three EUR speakers follow on 2026-10-21, the first at 04:15 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 137573 contracts, a change of -38241 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded 2 of 3 for EURUSD, FXStreet reported on Canadian Dollar rate hike bets at 12:44 UTC and on Gold losses and Fed rate hike bets at 11:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. EURUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.12110, high 1.12323, low 1.12108, close 1.12294: a range of 21.6 pips over 95 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, London sessionOpen 1.12281, high 1.12344, low 1.12046, close 1.12110: a range of 29.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. EURUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 75.1 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.
  5. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  6. EURUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases EURUSD moved 5.91 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.27 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. Economic calendar for EUR and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-21 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC.
  8. 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.
  9. Canadian Dollar: BoC rate hike bets seen as excessive - Standard CharteredFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for EURUSD by our headline classifier.

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