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NZDUSD holds 0.56250 in a 6.5 pip Asia range

FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next impact 3 release for the dollar

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 11:30 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56250, inside an Asia session that has run 6.5 pips between 0.56200 and 0.56264. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.56284, 3.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.56200, 5 pips away.

New York closed at 0.56236 after a 13.8 pip range, with a high of 0.56284 and a low of 0.56145. The prior trading day covered 39.1 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 43rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 23:30 UTC, starting with EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC. The 10-Year Note Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, and over 422 past releases of that family NZDUSD moved 2.82 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.14 in the first 60, in either direction. The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC has seen 5.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.13 in the first 60 across 117 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week, the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline, from FXStreet at 23:28 UTC, is graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56200, high 0.56264, low 0.56200, close 0.56250: a range of 6.5 pips over 146 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 0.56182, high 0.56284, low 0.56145, close 0.56236: a range of 13.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 43rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for NZD and USD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 23:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 422 past releases NZDUSD moved 2.82 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.14 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to fomc_usdOver 117 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.13 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. Gold rises above $4,150 as bond yields turn lower, traders await FOMC MinutesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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