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GBPUSD at 1.32438, London range 18.6 pips

The next scheduled release is a USD Fed Governor Waller Speech on 2026-10-13 at 07:45 UTC

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 8:35 AM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32438, inside a London session that has run 18.6 pips between 1.32356 and 1.32542. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32502, 6.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 1.32231, 20.7 pips away.

The Asia session closed at 1.32536 after a 38.5 pip range over 595 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds one scheduled release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, a USD Fed Governor Waller Speech on 2026-10-13 at 07:45 UTC, 1389 minutes away. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a change of -6536 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is from Action Forex at 2026-10-12 07:49 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.32535, high 1.32542, low 1.32356, close 1.32438: a range of 18.6 pips over 96 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 1.32331, high 1.32616, low 1.32231, close 1.32536: a range of 38.5 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 26th 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 2026-10-13 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  6. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a change of -6536 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  7. Markets Remain Quiet Ahead of U.S. Inflation DataAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  8. USD Fed Governor Waller SpeechScheduled 2026-10-13 07:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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