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GBPUSD holds 1.33744 after a 20.4 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 25, 2026, 11:50 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33744, near the top of an Asia session that has run between 1.33542 and 1.33746, a range of 20.4 pips. The session open sits 0.8 pips below at 1.33736, with the prior day high 33.2 pips above at 1.34076 and the prior day low 13.4 pips below at 1.33610.

The previous New York day closed at 1.33784 after a range of 46.6 pips between 1.33610 and 1.34076. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar lists one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC on 2026-10-26. Over 440 past releases of this family GBPUSD moved 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.10 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week, the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 1 of 3, FXStreet on gold and oil, published at 23:24 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33736, high 1.33746, low 1.33542, close 1.33744: a range of 20.4 pips over 165 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 1.34076, low 1.33610, close 1.33784 on 2026-10-23, a range of 46.6 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 73.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th 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 USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-26 23:50 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-24 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 440 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.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week. That is the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Gold declines below $4,000 as higher oil prices reinforce Fed rate-hike expectationsFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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