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GBPUSD at 1.32086, London range 25.0 pips

BoE Governor Bailey speaks at 12:15 UTC, graded impact 3 of 3 for GBPUSD

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

GBPUSD last trades at 1.32086, inside a London session that has run 25.0 pips between 1.31874 and 1.32125. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.32224, 13.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 1.32000, 8.6 pips away.

Asia traded a 29.0 pips range, opening at 1.32141 and closing at 1.31957. The prior day covered 83.0 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 71.1 pips, with the latest day at the 84th percentile of the last 43 days, a busy day for this market.

Bailey speaks at 12:15 UTC, and past speech_gbp releases moved GBPUSD 5.12 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.81 in the first 60, in either direction, over 10 samples. Initial Jobless Claims follows at 12:30 UTC, forecast 190 K against a previous 197 K, a family that has moved this pair 10.94 pips on average in the first 15 minutes over 97 samples.

Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a weekly change of -8507, the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this pair is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 08:07 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.31956, high 1.32125, low 1.31874, close 1.32086: a range of 25.0 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 1.32141, high 1.32224, low 1.31935, close 1.31957: a range of 29.0 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 84th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. GBPUSD reaction to speech_gbpOver 10 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.12 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.81 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  6. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  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. British Pound bounces off weekly low vs fragile Yen; intervention risks cap upsideFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. GBP BOE Gov Bailey SpeaksScheduled 2026-10-08 12:15 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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