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GBPUSD at 1.32396, London range 18.1 pips

US Existing Home Sales is the next release, at 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 9:10 AM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32396, inside a London session that has run 18.1 pips between 1.32226 and 1.32408. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32616, 22 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session high at 1.32305, 9.1 pips lower.

The Asia session closed at 1.32254 after a 26.0 pip range, and the prior trading day ran 59.8 pips between 1.32018 and 1.32616. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 71.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

US Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Over 115 past releases of that family, GBPUSD moved 6.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.60 in the first 60, in either direction.

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 graded impact 2 of 3, published at 08:43 UTC, on the Pound and the BoE's Greene.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.32254, high 1.32408, low 1.32226, close 1.32396: a range of 18.1 pips over 130 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 1.32104, high 1.32305, low 1.32044, close 1.32254: a range of 26.0 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 past releases GBPUSD moved 6.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. British Pound gains as BoE’s Greene favors proactive approach on hot UK inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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