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NZDUSD at 0.56896, 11.5 pips of London range so far

USD Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release, graded 3 of 3

NZDUSD · London session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 8:35 AM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56896, inside a London session that has run 11.5 pips between 0.56868 and 0.56984. The nearest level above is the round number at 0.57000, 10.4 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.57046, 15 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 0.56808, 8.8 pips down, and the prior week high at 0.56752, 14.4 pips down.

The Asia session ran 29.6 pips between 0.56808 and 0.57104 and closed at 0.56970. The prior trading day covered 32.8 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 41.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 23rd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

USD Unemployment Claims is scheduled at 12:30 UTC with a forecast of 200K and a previous of 199K. Over 97 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 6.43 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-21 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts, a change of -17655 on the week, the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for NZDUSD, graded 2 of 3, was published at 07:43 UTC and reports the New Zealand Dollar weakening amid softer Q3 inflation data.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, London sessionOpen 0.56970, high 0.56984, low 0.56868, close 0.56896: a range of 11.5 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 0.56962, high 0.57104, low 0.56808, close 0.56970: a range of 29.6 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.57046, low 0.56718, close 0.57009 on 2026-10-21, a range of 32.8 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 41.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 23rd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.43 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for NZD and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-23 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-21 00:00 UTC.
  9. 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.
  10. New Zealand Dollar weakens amid softer Q3 inflation dataFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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