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GBPUSD holds 1.33258 after a 28.8 pip Asia range

No release of impact 2 or 3 is scheduled in the next 24 hours, and our calendar covers to 2026-11-17

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 18, 2026, 10:55 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33258, inside an Asia session that has run 28.8 pips from 1.33084 to 1.33372 since the 1.33171 open. The nearest level above is the prior day and prior week high at 1.33718, 46 pips away, with the round number at 1.34000 a further 74.2 pips up. Below sit the session open 8.7 pips down, the round number at 1.33000 at 25.8 pips and the prior day low at 1.32658 at 60 pips.

The previous trading day ran 106.0 pips between 1.32658 and 1.33718 and closed at 1.33284. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 78.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market.

Large speculators in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report, the weekly count of positioning by non-commercial accounts, are net short 106964 contracts, a change of -9353 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for GBPUSD are all impact 1 of 3: the New Zealand services item at 2026-10-18 21:46 UTC, the US-EU Starlink item at 2026-10-18 20:36 UTC and a Bank of England item at 2026-10-18 03:05 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33171, high 1.33372, low 1.33084, close 1.33258: a range of 28.8 pips over 110 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 1.33718, low 1.32658, close 1.33284 on 2026-10-16, a range of 106.0 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 78.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts, a change of -9353 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  6. New Zealand services sector grows for four months straight as PSI holds at 50.9investingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  7. US threatens EU with devastating retaliation if Brussels curbs Starlink spectrum accessinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  8. Test181026Bank of England. Graded impact 1 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for GBP and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-19 22:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-17 00:00 UTC.

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