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NZDUSD at 0.56082, Asia range 8.1 pips

Eight USD releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, the first at 14:00 UTC

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 9, 2026, 12:15 AM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56082, inside an Asia session that has run 8.1 pips between 0.56003 and 0.56084. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.56134, 5.2 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 0.56000, 8.2 pips away.

New York closed at 0.56041 after a 29 pip range, and the prior trading day ran 31.6 pips from 0.55818 to 0.56134. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 20th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar's first release is USD Michigan Consumer Expectations at 14:00 UTC, forecast 42.6 against a previous 46.3. Releases of the inflation expectations family have moved NZDUSD 5.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.30 in the first 60, in either direction, over 49 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 loudest headline for NZDUSD is from FXStreet at 17:57 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3, on Fed tightening signals.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56038, high 0.56084, low 0.56003, close 0.56082: a range of 8.1 pips over 191 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 0.55848, high 0.56134, low 0.55844, close 0.56041: a range of 29 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56134, low 0.55818, close 0.56041 on 2026-10-08, a range of 31.6 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 43.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 20th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Michigan Consumer ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 42.6. Previous 46.3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to inflation_expectations_usdOver 49 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.30 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. Fed's Musalem signals more tightening as inflation stays elevatedFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. Economic calendar for NZD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-10 00:15 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-08 00:00 UTC.

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