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NZDUSD at 0.56335, Asia range 18.3 pips

Next on our calendar is US Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC, an impact 3 of 3 release for NZDUSD

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 30, 2026, 10:40 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56335, at the bottom of an Asia session range of 18.3 pips between 0.56320 and 0.56504 over 95 minutes. The nearest level below is the prior day low at 0.56302, 3.3 pips away, and above sit the session open at 0.56504 and the prior day high at 0.56645, 16.9 and 31 pips away.

The New York session ran 34.2 pips over 540 minutes between 0.56302 and 0.56645, closing at 0.56345. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, an ordinary day for this market.

US Unemployment Claims is scheduled for 12:30 UTC, forecast 201K against a previous 197K. Over 97 past jobless_claims_usd releases NZDUSD moved 6.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.92 in the first 60, in either direction. Final Manufacturing PMI follows at 13:45 UTC, where 95 past pmi_usd releases moved NZDUSD 5.12 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.21 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a weekly change of -21898, the 94th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headlines graded for this instrument are a US personal income and outlays release at 12:31 UTC and a US GDP release at 12:30 UTC, both impact 3 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56504, high 0.56504, low 0.56320, close 0.56335: a range of 18.3 pips over 95 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. NZDUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56458, high 0.56645, low 0.56302, close 0.56345: a range of 34.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 26th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-01 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 201K. Previous 197K. From Forex Factory.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.92 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. USD Final Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-01 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 56.9. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a change of -21898 on the week. That is the 94th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Personal Income and Outlays, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 3 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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