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GBPUSD at 1.33550, 22.6 pips into the London range

A USD 2-Year Note Auction is scheduled at 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3

GBPUSD · London session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 8:30 AM

GBPUSD last printed 1.33550, near the low of a London session that has run 22.6 pips between 1.33755 and 1.33528. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.33882, 33.2 pips away, with the session open at 1.33736, 18.6 pips above. Below, the previous session low sits at 1.33542, 0.8 pips under the last price.

The Asia session ran 34.0 pips between 1.33882 and 1.33542 and closed at 1.33735. The prior trading day covered 46.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.9 pips, with the latest day at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC, 509 minutes away, with a previous result of 4.787%. Over 421 past releases of this family GBPUSD moved 5.23 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.26 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week and the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for GBPUSD, at 08:27 UTC and impact 2 of 3, covers the US Dollar Index holding a bullish bias ahead of FOMC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, London sessionOpen 1.33736, high 1.33755, low 1.33528, close 1.33550: a range of 22.6 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 price from our feedLast one-minute close 1.33550 at 2026-10-26 08:29 UTC, from our own candles.
  4. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33736, high 1.33882, low 1.33542, close 1.33735: a range of 34.0 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.23 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.26 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week. That is the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. US Dollar Index Price Forecast: DXY holds bullish bias above 101.50 ahead of FOMCFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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