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NZDUSD holds 0.56002 near the top of a 7.4 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is USD Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC, graded impact 3 of 3

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 10:40 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56002, inside an Asia session that has run 7.4 pips between 0.55977 and 0.56051 over 95 minutes. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56070, 6.8 pips away, then the session open at 0.56047, 4.5 pips above. Below sit the round number at 0.56000, 0.2 pips lower, and the prior week low at 0.55862, 14.0 pips below.

The previous New York session ran 21.4 pips between 0.55856 and 0.56070 and closed at 0.55992. The prior trading day covered 40.9 pips, from 0.55856 to 0.56264. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 43.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 44th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

USD Initial Jobless Claims is scheduled for 12:30 UTC, with a forecast of 190 K and a previous 197 K. Over 97 past releases of that family, NZDUSD moved 6.54 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.91 in the first 60, in either direction. A USD 30-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, where 423 past releases moved the pair 2.84 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.13 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week, which is the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for NZDUSD, FXStreet reported the Mexican Peso holding firm as FOMC Minutes signalled further rate hikes at 22:03 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56047, high 0.56051, low 0.55977, close 0.56002: a range of 7.4 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 0.55970, high 0.56070, low 0.55856, close 0.55992: a range of 21.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56264, low 0.55856, close 0.55992 on 2026-10-07, a range of 40.9 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 43.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 44th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.54 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.91 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. NZDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 423 past releases NZDUSD moved 2.84 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.13 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. Mexican Peso holds firm as FOMC Minutes signal further rate hikesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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