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NZDUSD at 0.56028, Asia range 11 pips

US Trade Balance is the next release, at 12:30 UTC, with a forecast of -100.8B

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 10:35 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56028, inside an Asia session that has run 11 pips between 0.55945 and 0.56055. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56018, 1 pip above the last price, and the nearest below is the round number at 0.56000, 2.8 pips below.

The New York session closed at 0.56006 after a range of 21.7 pips, and the prior trading day ran 41 pips between 0.55802 and 0.56212. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 46.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Six scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 22:35 UTC, starting with USD Trade Balance at 12:30 UTC, forecast -100.8B against a previous -88.6B. Over 50 past releases of that family, NZDUSD moved 4.16 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.12 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week, the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 22:31 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.55946, high 0.56055, low 0.55945, close 0.56028: a range of 11 pips over 91 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 0.55900, high 0.56018, low 0.55802, close 0.56006: a range of 21.7 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56212, low 0.55802, close 0.56006 on 2026-10-05, a range of 41 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for NZD and USD6 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Trade BalanceScheduled 2026-10-06 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -100.8B. Previous -88.6B. From Forex Factory.
  8. NZDUSD reaction to trade_balance_usdOver 50 past releases NZDUSD moved 4.16 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.12 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week. That is the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. US Treasury yields scale multi-year highs as inflation fears returnFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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