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NZDUSD at 0.56852, 7.0 pips of range in London so far

US housing data at 12:30 UTC is the next scheduled release, 234 minutes away

NZDUSD · London session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 8:35 AM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56852, inside a London range of 7.0 pips between 0.56823 and 0.56894. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56875, 2.3 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 0.56837, 1.5 pips away.

The Asia session ran 26.2 pips between 0.56614 and 0.56875 and closed at 0.56838, while the prior day covered 25.2 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 42.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Four USD releases of impact 2 are scheduled in the next 24 hours, starting with Housing Starts m/m at 12:30 UTC with a forecast of -14.0% against a previous -2.6%. Over 112 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.40 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts, a change of -17655 on the week and the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded 2 of 3 for NZDUSD, FXStreet reported the New Zealand Dollar gaining as traders await third-quarter inflation data, published at 17:56 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.56837, high 0.56894, low 0.56823, close 0.56852: a range of 7.0 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 0.56615, high 0.56875, low 0.56614, close 0.56838: a range of 26.2 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 42.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.40 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 gains as traders await third-quarter inflation dataFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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