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GBPUSD holds 1.32090 in an 8.3 pip Asia range

Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release of impact 3

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32090, inside an Asia session that has run 8.3 pips between 1.32062 and 1.32144. The nearest level above is the session open at 1.32104, 1.4 pips away, then the prior session high at 1.32379, 28.9 pips above. Below sit the prior day low and prior session low at 1.32018, 7.2 pips down, and the round number at 1.32000, 9 pips down.

New York closed at 1.32082 after a 36.2 pip range between 1.32018 and 1.32379. The prior trading day ran 59.8 pips from 1.32018 to 1.32616. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 50th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, and covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC. Existing Home Sales is due at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Over 112 past housing_usd releases, GBPUSD moved 6.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.24 in the first 60, in either direction.

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 headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 19:08 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.32104, high 1.32144, low 1.32062, close 1.32090: a range of 8.3 pips over 90 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 1.32306, high 1.32379, low 1.32018, close 1.32082: a range of 36.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.32616, low 1.32018, close 1.32082 on 2026-10-12, a range of 59.8 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 50th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for GBP and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  8. GBPUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases GBPUSD moved 6.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.24 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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