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GBPUSD at 1.34010 after a 12 pip Asia range

GBP Retail Sales m/m is the next release, scheduled 2026-10-23 06:00 UTC

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 10:30 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.34010, near the top of an Asia session that has run 12 pips between 1.33898 and 1.34018. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.34078, 6.8 pips away, then the prior day high at 1.34191, 18.1 pips away. Below sit the round number at 1.34000, 1 pip away, and the session open at 1.33927, 8.3 pips away.

New York ran 52.8 pips between 1.33550 and 1.34078 and closed at 1.34000, and the prior trading day covered 64.1 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 74.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

GBP Retail Sales m/m comes at 2026-10-23 06:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.1% and a previous of 0.5%. Over 21 past releases of this family GBPUSD moved 8.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.53 in the first 60, in either direction. GBP Flash Services PMI and Flash Manufacturing PMI follow at 2026-10-23 08:30 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-10-13, 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 2 of 3, the most recent from investingLive at 2026-10-22 20:22 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33927, high 1.34018, low 1.33898, close 1.34010: a range of 12 pips over 85 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 1.33718, high 1.34078, low 1.33550, close 1.34000: a range of 52.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.34191, low 1.33550, close 1.34000 on 2026-10-22, a range of 64.1 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 74.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. GBP Retail Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-23 06:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.1%. Previous 0.5%. From Forex Factory.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to retail_sales_gbpOver 21 past releases GBPUSD moved 8.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.53 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. GBP Flash Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 51.8. Previous 51.7. From Forex Factory.
  9. GBP Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 51.8. Previous 52.0. From Forex Factory.
  10. 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.
  11. Japan CPI preview: core seen at 2.1%, topping BoJ target for first time since DecemberinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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