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GBPUSD at 1.32721, New York range 15.5 pips

Fed Governor Bowman speaks at 14:45 UTC, the next scheduled release

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32721, inside a New York session that has run 15.5 pips between 1.32680 and 1.32836. The nearest level above is the prior session high at 1.32819, 9.8 pips up, then the round number at 1.33000, 27.9 pips up. Below sit the prior day high at 1.32504, 21.7 pips down, and the prior session low at 1.32103, 61.8 pips down.

London ran 71.6 pips from 1.32103 to 1.32819 and closed at 1.32774. The prior trading day covered 60.4 pips between 1.31900 and 1.32504. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 72.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with the Fed Governor Bowman Speech at 14:45 UTC. The 3-Year Note Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, and over 421 past auction_usd releases GBPUSD moved 5.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.21 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week, the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services release at 12:30 UTC and the FXStreet headline on Dow Jones futures and Fed rate hike expectations at 08:38 UTC are both graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.32776, high 1.32836, low 1.32680, close 1.32721: a range of 15.5 pips over 95 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 1.32164, high 1.32819, low 1.32103, close 1.32774: a range of 71.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.32504, low 1.31900, close 1.32244 on 2026-10-05, a range of 60.4 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 72.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for GBP and USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.15 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.21 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week. That is the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-10-06 14:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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