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GBPUSD at 1.32326, London range 29.8 pips

A BoE MPC Member Mann Speech is scheduled at 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 8:30 AM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32326, inside a London session that has run 29.8 pips between 1.32103 and 1.32400 since the 07:00 UTC open. The nearest level above is the previous day high at 1.32504, 17.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session high at 1.32319, 0.7 pips lower.

The Asia session closed at 1.32164 after a 30.7 pip range over 595 minutes, with a high of 1.32319 and a low of 1.32012. The prior trading day ran 60.4 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 72.9 pips, with the latest day at the 57th percentile of the last 42 days, an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 08:30 UTC, and covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC. USD Trade Balance is due at 12:30 UTC with a forecast of -100.8B; over 50 past releases of that family GBPUSD moved 7.47 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.93 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week, the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 07:26 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.32164, high 1.32400, low 1.32103, close 1.32326: a range of 29.8 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, Asia sessionOpen 1.32199, high 1.32319, low 1.32012, close 1.32164: a range of 30.7 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 72.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 57th 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 USD7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to trade_balance_usdOver 50 past releases GBPUSD moved 7.47 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.93 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week. That is the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Japanese Yen drifts lower as sustained USD buying offsets intervention fearsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. GBP BoE MPC Member Mann SpeechScheduled 2026-10-06 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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