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GBPUSD at 1.33230, London range 16.2 pips

US Export and Import Price Index releases are due at 12:30 UTC, 239 minutes away

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 16, 2026, 8:30 AM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33230, inside a London session that has run 16.2 pips between 1.33088 and 1.33250. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.34000, 77 pips away, and the closest below is the previous session high at 1.33138, 9.2 pips under the last price.

The Asia session closed at 1.33110 after a 48 pip range, and the prior trading day closed at 1.32764 with a 96.2 pip range. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 75.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market.

Eight scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 08:30 UTC, starting with the USD Export Price Index m/m and Import Price Index m/m at 12:30 UTC. Over 47 past industrial_production_usd releases GBPUSD moved 5.35 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.08 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 from FXStreet at 08:05 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3, and the CFTC GBP Non-Commercial Net Positions release is scheduled at 19:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.33109, high 1.33250, low 1.33088, close 1.33230: a range of 16.2 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 1.32694, high 1.33138, low 1.32658, close 1.33110: a range of 48 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 75.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for GBP and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 47 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.35 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.08 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. Euro: Consolidation potential against US Dollar on CPI – INGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Export Price Index m/mScheduled 2026-10-16 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 3.1%. Previous 0.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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