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GBPUSD at 1.33854 near the top of a 45.2 pip New York range

US Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33854, near the top of a New York session that has run 45.2 pips from 1.33415 to 1.33866. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.34000, 14.6 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior week high at 1.33718, 13.6 pips lower.

The London session before it covered 20.8 pips between 1.33363 and 1.33571 and closed at 1.33430. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 77.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 24th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

After the Pending Home Sales release, GBP CPI y/y follows at 06:00 UTC on 2026-10-21 with impact 3 of 3. Over 21 past cpi_gbp releases GBPUSD moved 9.66 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.99 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts, a change of -9353 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The British Pound headline from BBH on rate hike bets lifting GBP is graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.33430, high 1.33866, low 1.33415, close 1.33854: a range of 45.2 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 1.33502, high 1.33571, low 1.33363, close 1.33430: a range of 20.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 77.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 24th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. GBP CPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-21 06:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.4%. Previous 3.1%. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to cpi_gbpOver 21 past releases GBPUSD moved 9.66 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.99 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts, a change of -9353 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. British Pound: Rate hike bets lift GBP, but upside looks limited - BBHFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.

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