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NZDUSD holds 0.55880 in a 4.1 pip Asia range

US Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release, graded impact 3 of 3

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:45 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.55880, inside an Asia session that has run 4.1 pips between 0.55862 and 0.55902 since the 0.55881 open. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56008, 12.8 pips up, with the round number 0.56000 just below it at 12 pips above. Below sit the prior day low and previous session low, both at 0.55831, 4.9 pips down, and the prior week low at 0.55802, 7.8 pips down.

New York closed at 0.55878 after a 17.6 pip range between 0.55831 and 0.56008, from a 0.55976 open. The prior trading day ran 36.2 pips from 0.55831 to 0.56193. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 42.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 33rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:45 UTC, and covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC. Existing Home Sales is due at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Over 115 past housing_usd releases, NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.60 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 29346 contracts, a change of -12031 on the week, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3 and was published at 19:08 UTC, naming a dollar rally and Fed hike bets.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.55881, high 0.55902, low 0.55862, close 0.55880: a range of 4.1 pips over 100 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 0.55976, high 0.56008, low 0.55831, close 0.55878: a range of 17.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56193, low 0.55831, close 0.55878 on 2026-10-12, a range of 36.2 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 42.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 33rd 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 USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  8. NZDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 past releases NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 29346 contracts, a change of -12031 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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