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NZDUSD at 0.56532 after an 11.1 pip Asia range

Our calendar covers the next 24 hours and lists no scheduled release of impact 2 or 3

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 18, 2026, 10:55 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56532, inside an Asia session that has run 11.1 pips between 0.56512 and 0.56624 since the 0.56568 open. The nearest level above is the session open at 0.56568, 3.6 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.56752, 22 pips above. Below sit the prior day low at 0.56176, 35.6 pips down, and the round number at 0.56000, 53.2 pips down.

The previous trading day ran 57.6 pips between 0.56176 and 0.56752 and closed at 0.56524. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 79th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls a busy day for this market.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report dated 2026-10-13, a change of -17655 on the week and the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for NZDUSD are all impact 1 of 3: the New Zealand services sector reading at 21:46 UTC, the US-EU Starlink spectrum report at 20:36 UTC and the Black Sea drone report at 20:22 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56568, high 0.56624, low 0.56512, close 0.56532: a range of 11.1 pips over 111 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, previous trading dayHigh 0.56752, low 0.56176, close 0.56524 on 2026-10-16, a range of 57.6 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 79th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts, a change of -17655 on the week. That is the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  6. New Zealand services sector grows for four months straight as PSI holds at 50.9investingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  7. Economic calendar for NZD and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-19 22:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-17 00:00 UTC.

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