fxmind
Try free

All briefs

NZDUSD at 0.56154, London range 13.3 pips

US Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings m/m and Non-Farm Employment Change are all due at 12:30 UTC

NZDUSD · London session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 8:35 AM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56154, inside a London session that has run 13.3 pips between 0.56105 and 0.56238. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56202, 4.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.56126, 2.8 pips away.

The Asia session closed at 0.56126 after a 34 pip range between 0.55862 and 0.56202. The prior trading day ran 56.9 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 45.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 80th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Eight scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 08:35 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-01 00:00 UTC. Over 22 past releases of the unemployment family, NZDUSD moved 15.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.31 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a change of -21898 on the week, the 94th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3 and was published at 08:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.56126, high 0.56238, low 0.56105, close 0.56154: a range of 13.3 pips over 96 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, Asia sessionOpen 0.56015, high 0.56202, low 0.55862, close 0.56126: a range of 34 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 45.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 80th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for NZD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-01 00:00 UTC.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to unemployment_usdOver 22 past releases NZDUSD moved 15.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.31 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a change of -21898 on the week. That is the 94th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. US Nonfarm Payrolls expected to soften in SeptemberFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Unemployment RateScheduled 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 4.1%. Previous 4.1%. From Forex Factory.

Written once by FxMind's desk from our own market data, the same text every reader sees.

Context on the market, not a trade recommendation. The decision is the trader's.