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GBPUSD holds 1.32388 in a 16.4 pip Asia range

No release of impact 2 or 3 is scheduled for GBP or USD in the next 24 hours

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 11, 2026, 11:30 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32388, inside an Asia session that has run 16.4 pips between 1.32231 and 1.32394. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32502, 11.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 1.32331, 5.7 pips under the last price.

The prior New York day closed at 1.32332 after a 44.4 pip range between 1.32058 and 1.32502. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 71.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Our calendar shows 0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-12 23:30 UTC, and it covers this whole window, so an empty list means nothing is scheduled in that period.

Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a change of -6536 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headlines for GBPUSD are graded impact 1 of 3: FXStreet at 22:38 UTC on a Russia and Ukraine energy ceasefire, and investingLive at 22:36 UTC previewing Australia's week.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.32331, high 1.32394, low 1.32231, close 1.32388: a range of 16.4 pips over 145 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, previous trading dayHigh 1.32502, low 1.32058, close 1.32332 on 2026-10-09, a range of 44.4 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for GBP and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-12 23:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-10 00:00 UTC.
  6. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a change of -6536 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  7. US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an ‘energy ceasefire’FXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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