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GBPUSD holds 1.32544 in an 11.0 pip Asia range

US CPI lands at 12:30 UTC, the top-graded event for GBPUSD

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 10:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32544, inside an Asia session that has run 11.0 pips between 1.32474 and 1.32583. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32593, 4.9 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 1.32522, 2.2 pips under the last price.

New York closed at 1.32550 after a 21.0 pip range between 1.32384 and 1.32593. The prior trading day covered 54.8 pips, while an ordinary day over the last 14 runs 66.2 pips, a 40th percentile reading that the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with BOE Gov Bailey at 05:30 UTC and BoE MPC Member Pill at 06:00 UTC. Past speech_gbp events moved GBPUSD 4.98 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.59 in the first 60. US CPI at 12:30 UTC carries impact 3 of 3, and cpi_usd releases have moved this pair 12.65 pips on average in 15 minutes and 16.88 in 60.

Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a weekly change of -6536 and the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this pair is the investingLive Americas FX news wrap from 21:19 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.32522, high 1.32583, low 1.32474, close 1.32544: a range of 11.0 pips over 91 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 1.32451, high 1.32593, low 1.32384, close 1.32550: a range of 21.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 66.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th 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 USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-14 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-12 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to speech_gbpOver 17 past releases GBPUSD moved 4.98 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.59 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to cpi_usdOver 67 past releases GBPUSD moved 12.65 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.88 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. investingLive Americas FX news wrap 13 Oct: Dollar retreats as traders await CPI; oil rises and stocks slipinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD CPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-14 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.6%. Previous 3.4%. From Forex Factory.

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