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GBPUSD at 1.32468, New York range 28.1 pips

US inventory releases are due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 1:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.32468, the top of the New York session range of 28.1 pips between 1.32312 and 1.32593. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.32764, 29.6 pips away, then the prior day high at 1.32754, 28.6 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 1.32404, 6.4 pips down, and the round number at 1.32000, 46.8 pips below.

London traded a 35.9 pip range between 1.32404 and 1.32764, closing at 1.32468. The prior day ran 138.4 pips from 1.31370 to 1.32754. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 72.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 100th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, an unusually wide day for this market.

Three US inventory releases are scheduled at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away: Retail Inventories m/m with a forecast of 0.3%, Business Inventories m/m with a forecast of 0.4%, and Retail Inventories excl. Autos m/m. EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change follows at 16:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.831 M. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 97611 contracts, a change of -6536 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for GBPUSD is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 12:51 UTC by Action Forex on US producer inflation.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.32468, high 1.32593, low 1.32312, close 1.32468: a range of 28.1 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 1.32420, high 1.32764, low 1.32404, close 1.32468: a range of 35.9 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.32754, low 1.31370, close 1.31928 on 2026-10-14, a range of 138.4 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 72.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 100th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Retail Inventories m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 0.3%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USD Business Inventories m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.4%. Previous 0.8%. From Forex Factory.
  8. USD Retail Inventories excl. Autos m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 0.1%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-15 16:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -0.831 M. Previous -3.186 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  10. Economic calendar for GBP and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.
  11. 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.
  12. US PPI Surges 1.3% as Energy Prices Spike, but Core Inflation Also Beats ForecastsAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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