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NZDUSD holds 0.55944 inside an 11 pip London range

US Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release, impact 3 of 3

NZDUSD · London session · Published Oct 8, 2026, 8:45 AM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.55944, inside a London session that has run 11 pips between 0.55908 and 0.56018. The nearest level above is the round number at 0.56000, 5.6 pips away, then the Asia high at 0.56094, 15 pips above. Below sit the Asia low at 0.55928, 1.6 pips down, and the prior week low at 0.55862, 8.2 pips down.

Asia ran 16.6 pips between 0.55928 and 0.56094 and closed at 0.55934. The prior trading day covered 40.9 pips from 0.55856 to 0.56264. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 44th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next release is US Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 190 K against a previous 197 K. Over 99 past releases of that family NZDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.90 in the first 60, in either direction. A USD 30-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week, the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is the Federal Reserve item on Waller and the Summary of Economic Projections, published at 08:30 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.55934, high 0.56018, low 0.55908, close 0.55944: a range of 11 pips over 105 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 0.56047, high 0.56094, low 0.55928, close 0.55934: a range of 16.6 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56264, low 0.55856, close 0.55992 on 2026-10-07, a range of 40.9 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 43.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 44th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 99 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week. That is the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Waller, The Signaling Value of the Summary of Economic ProjectionsFederal Reserve. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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