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NZDUSD holds 0.56218 in a 7.8 pip Asia range

Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC, the next scheduled event

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 10:45 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56218, inside an Asia session that has run 7.8 pips between 0.56176 and 0.56254. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56248, 3 pips away, then the prior week high at 0.56284, 6.6 pips above. Below sit the session open at 0.56210, 0.8 pips lower, and the round number at 0.56000, 21.8 pips below.

New York closed at 0.56244 after a 33.9 pip range between 0.55909 and 0.56248. The prior trading day ran 47.6 pips from 0.55870 to 0.56346. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Eight scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with Fed Chairman Warsh at 03:30 UTC. Past speeches of that family moved NZDUSD 4.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Industrial Production at 13:15 UTC has moved the pair 3.60 pips over 15 minutes and 5.90 over 60 across 71 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 29346 contracts, a weekly change of -12031, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for NZDUSD is graded impact 2 of 3 and was published at 21:11 UTC, on the Fed and tightening.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56210, high 0.56254, low 0.56176, close 0.56218: a range of 7.8 pips over 101 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 0.56034, high 0.56248, low 0.55909, close 0.56244: a range of 33.9 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56346, low 0.55870, close 0.56244 on 2026-10-15, a range of 47.6 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 43.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for NZD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 22:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to speech_usdOver 10 past releases NZDUSD moved 4.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. NZDUSD reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 71 past releases NZDUSD moved 3.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.90 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. Fed’s Hammack urges more tightening as inflation squeezes householdsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. USD Fed Chairman Warsh SpeaksScheduled 2026-10-16 03:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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