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GBPUSD holds 1.33904 after an 8.7 pip Asia range

USD Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release on the calendar

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 11:00 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33904, inside an Asia session that has run 8.7 pips between 1.33871 and 1.33958. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.34000, 9.6 pips away, with the prior day high at 1.34032, 12.8 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 1.33769, 13.5 pips down, and the prior week high at 1.33718, 18.6 pips down.

The New York session ran 26.4 pips between 1.33769 and 1.34032 and closed at 1.33940. The prior trading day covered 38.8 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 75.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

USD Unemployment Claims is scheduled for 12:30 UTC, with Continuing Jobless Claims at the same time and the CB Leading Economic Index m/m at 14:00 UTC. Over 101 past jobless claims releases GBPUSD moved 10.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.20 in the first 60, in either direction. The 5-Year TIPS Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, a family that has moved GBPUSD 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes over 438 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts, a change of -9353 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for GBPUSD, from FXStreet at 15:47 UTC, has the British Pound stalling below 1.3400 despite hot UK CPI and BoE hike bets, at impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33920, high 1.33958, low 1.33871, close 1.33904: a range of 8.7 pips over 115 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 1.33959, high 1.34032, low 1.33769, close 1.33940: a range of 26.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.34032, low 1.33644, close 1.33940 on 2026-10-21, a range of 38.8 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 75.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases GBPUSD moved 10.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 438 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.10 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. 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.
  10. British Pound stalls below 1.3400 despite hot UK CPI and BoE hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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