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GBPUSD at 1.33754 in a 12.0 pips Asia range

Fed Governor Jefferson speaks at 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, 804 minutes away

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 22, 2026, 12:55 AM

The Asia session opened at 1.33646 and has traded 1.33640 to 1.33760, a range of 12.0 pips, with the last price at 1.33754. The closest level above is the previous session high at 1.34004, 25 pips above, and the closest below is the prior day low at 1.33646, 10.8 pips below.

New York traded 1.34004 to 1.33646 and closed at 1.33672, a range of 35.8 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 60.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 17th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Our calendar lists 2 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-23 00:55 UTC, the Fed Governor Jefferson Speech at 14:20 UTC and the 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC. Over 100 past releases of that auction family, GBPUSD moved 4.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.40 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 58715 contracts, a change of 121 on the week, the 39th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for GBPUSD all carry impact 2 of 3, the most recent from FXStreet on gold declining to near $4,350 on rising odds of Fed rate hike.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33646, high 1.33760, low 1.33640, close 1.33754: a range of 12.0 pips over 231 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. GBPUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.33948, high 1.34004, low 1.33646, close 1.33672: a range of 35.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 60.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 17th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for GBP and USD2 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-23 00:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-22 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 100 past releases GBPUSD moved 4.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 58715 contracts, a change of 121 on the week. That is the 39th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Gold declines to near $4,350 on rising odds of Fed rate hikeFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Fed Governor Jefferson SpeechScheduled 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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