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GBPUSD at 1.33401, 21.8 pips of range in New York

The USD 2-Year Note Auction is due at 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:30 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.33401, inside a New York session that has run between 1.33362 and 1.33580, a range of 21.8 pips. The nearest levels are the previous session low at 1.33420, 1.9 pips below, and the previous session high at 1.33755, 35.4 pips above.

London ran a 33.5 pip range, opening at 1.33736 and closing at 1.33472. The prior trading day covered 46.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.9 pips, with the latest day at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

After the auction, USD Durable Goods Orders m/m is scheduled for 2026-10-27 12:30 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with Core Durable Goods Orders m/m at the same time. Over 45 past releases of that family GBPUSD moved 9.91 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.15 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week, the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for GBPUSD, investingLive carried a UK autumn budget preview at 10:40 UTC and FXStreet a US Dollar Index piece at 08:27 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.33472, high 1.33580, low 1.33362, close 1.33401: a range of 21.8 pips over 90 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 1.33736, high 1.33755, low 1.33420, close 1.33472: a range of 33.5 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 29th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Durable Goods Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-27 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 1.8%. Previous 0.0%. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to durable_goods_usdOver 45 past releases GBPUSD moved 9.91 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.15 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 80420 contracts, a change of 26544 on the week. That is the 20th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. UK autumn budget preview: Can Healey calm markets and change BOE rate hike bets?investingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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