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GBPUSD at 1.32268, New York range 46.8 pips

USD Factory Orders m/m is scheduled at 14:00 UTC, 29 minutes away

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32268, inside a New York session that has run 46.8 pips between 1.31962 and 1.32429. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.32218, 5 pips higher, and the nearest below is the session open at 1.32064, 20.4 pips lower.

The London session closed at 1.32064 after a 21.9 pip range, and the prior day ran 92.1 pips between 1.31808 and 1.32728. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market.

Factory Orders m/m for the USD is scheduled at 14:00 UTC, with a forecast of 0.1% and a previous of 0.9%. Over 46 past releases of that family, GBPUSD moved 9.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.87 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 82568 contracts, a change of -23853 on the week, the 10th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 12:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.32064, high 1.32429, low 1.31962, close 1.32268: a range of 46.8 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, London sessionOpen 1.32137, high 1.32218, low 1.31999, close 1.32064: a range of 21.9 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Factory Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-02 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.1%. Previous 0.9%. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to durable_goods_usdOver 46 past releases GBPUSD moved 9.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.87 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 82568 contracts, a change of -23853 on the week. That is the 10th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. US September non-farm payrolls +29K vs +90K expectedinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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