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GBPUSD at 1.32531, New York range 15.8 pips

USD Existing Home Sales is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 1:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32531, inside a New York session that has run 15.8 pips between 1.32390 and 1.32548. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.32616, 8.5 pips up, and the nearest below is the previous London session high at 1.32465, 6.6 pips down.

London closed at 1.32452 after a 23.8 pip range, and the prior trading day closed at 1.32082 with a 59.8 pip range. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 71.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

USD Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with USD Existing Home Sales m/m at the same time at impact 2 of 3. Over 112 past housing_usd releases GBPUSD moved 6.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.24 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 headlines graded for GBPUSD include the Fed's Waller on Treasury yields and AI, and US Treasury yields turning lower before CPI, both graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.32451, high 1.32548, low 1.32390, close 1.32531: a range of 15.8 pips over 96 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 1.32254, high 1.32465, low 1.32226, close 1.32452: a range of 23.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 52nd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases GBPUSD moved 6.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.24 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. Fed’s Waller: Treasury Yields Are Doing Some Tightening, But AI Could Keep Inflation ElevatedAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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