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GBPUSD holds 1.33971, 24.1 pips wide in New York

USD Unemployment Claims, impact 3 of 3, is scheduled for 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 5:35 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33971, inside a New York session that has run 24.1 pips between 1.33792 and 1.34032. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.34000, 2.9 pips away, then the previous session high at 1.34011, 4 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 1.33727, 24.4 pips down, and the prior week high at 1.33718, 25.2 pips below.

London ran 28.4 pips between 1.33727 and 1.34011 and closed at 1.33958. The prior day covered 110.3 pips between 1.32991 and 1.34094. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 79.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market.

The next scheduled release is USD Unemployment Claims on 2026-10-22 at 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 200K against a previous 199K. Over 97 past releases of that family, GBPUSD moved 10.71 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.27 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 106964 contracts in the CFTC report of 2026-10-13, a change of -9353 on the week and the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument, graded impact 2 of 3, was published at 15:47 UTC and says the British Pound stalls below 1.3400 despite hot UK CPI and BoE hike bets.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.33959, high 1.34032, low 1.33792, close 1.33971: a range of 24.1 pips over 335 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 1.33768, high 1.34011, low 1.33727, close 1.33958: a range of 28.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD, previous trading dayHigh 1.34094, low 1.32991, close 1.33800 on 2026-10-20, a range of 110.3 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 79.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  7. GBPUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases GBPUSD moved 10.71 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.27 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for GBP and USD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 17:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  9. 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.
  10. British Pound stalls below 1.3400 despite hot UK CPI and BoE hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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