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GBPUSD at 1.32127, New York range 24.8 pips

A USD 30-Year Bond Auction is scheduled at 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 8, 2026, 1:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32127, inside a New York session that has run 24.8 pips between 1.31916 and 1.32164. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.32125, 0.2 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 1.32000, 12.7 pips lower.

London closed at 1.31942 after a 28.1 pip range between 1.31844 and 1.32125. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 71.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 84th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, a busy day for this market.

The calendar holds one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 30-Year Bond Auction at 17:00 UTC. Over 423 past releases of that family GBPUSD moved 5.14 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.18 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 loudest headline for this instrument is an investingLive European session wrap from 11:49 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.31940, high 1.32164, low 1.31916, close 1.32127: a range of 24.8 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 1.31956, high 1.32125, low 1.31844, close 1.31942: a range of 28.1 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 84th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for GBP and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-09 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-07 00:00 UTC.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 423 past releases GBPUSD moved 5.14 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.18 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. investingLive European session wrap: Yields continue to soar as oil surges and stocks tumbleinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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