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NZDUSD holds 0.56840 after a 5.0 pip Asia range

US Flash Manufacturing PMI is scheduled at 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 10:35 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56840, inside an Asia session that has run 5.0 pips between 0.56798 and 0.56848 over 90 minutes. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56878, 3.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.56800, 4 pips lower.

The previous New York session ran 19.8 pips between 0.56679 and 0.56878 and closed at 0.56838. The prior trading day covered 42.4 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 40.1 pips; the latest day sits at the 57th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is USD Flash Manufacturing PMI at 13:45 UTC, with a forecast of 55.4 against a previous 57.0. Over 95 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 5.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.22 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts, a change of -17655 on the week, the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for NZDUSD, FXStreet reported the New Zealand Dollar losing ground as inflation eased in the third quarter, published at 18:00 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56800, high 0.56848, low 0.56798, close 0.56840: a range of 5.0 pips over 90 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 0.56781, high 0.56878, low 0.56679, close 0.56838: a range of 19.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 40.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 57th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 95 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.22 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. New Zealand Dollar loses ground as inflation eases in third quarterFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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