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GBPUSD at 1.32656, London range 26.4 pips

Eight USD releases land at 12:30 UTC, led by Retail Sales m/m and Unemployment Claims

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 8:30 AM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32656, inside a London session that has run 26.4 pips between 1.32404 and 1.32669. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32754, 9.8 pips away, then the prior week high at 1.32858, 20.2 pips above. Below sit the previous session high at 1.32590, 6.6 pips under the last price, and the session open at 1.32420, 23.6 pips below.

The Asia session ran 76.9 pips from 1.31822 to 1.32590 and closed at 1.32420. The prior trading day covered 138.4 pips between 1.31370 and 1.32754. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 72.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 100th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, an unusually wide day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 are scheduled in the next 24 hours, all at 12:30 UTC, 239 minutes away, including Retail Sales m/m, Core Retail Sales m/m, PPI m/m, Core PPI m/m, Unemployment Claims and the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index. Over 24 past retail sales releases GBPUSD moved 9.41 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.86 in the first 60, in either direction. Over 97 past jobless claims releases the moves averaged 10.80 pips in 15 minutes and 15.27 in 60.

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 GBPUSD is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 07:44 UTC, on the US Dollar erasing CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slump.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.32420, high 1.32669, low 1.32404, close 1.32656: a range of 26.4 pips over 90 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 1.31889, high 1.32590, low 1.31822, close 1.32420: a range of 76.9 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.32754, low 1.31370, close 1.31928 on 2026-10-14, a range of 138.4 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 72.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 100th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Retail Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 1.2%. From Forex Factory.
  7. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 199K. Previous 197K. From Forex Factory.
  8. GBPUSD reaction to retail_sales_usdOver 24 past releases GBPUSD moved 9.41 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.86 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. GBPUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases GBPUSD moved 10.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.27 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  10. 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.
  11. Forex Today: US Dollar erases CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slumpFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  12. Economic calendar for GBP and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.

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