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NZDUSD at 0.56179, New York range 10.7 pips

Fed Governor Bowman speaks at 14:45 UTC, the next release on a calendar covering 24 hours

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 1:40 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56179, inside a New York session that has run 10.7 pips between 0.56147 and 0.56254. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56214, 3.5 pips away, with the prior day high at 0.56212 just below it. Below sit the round number at 0.56000, 17.9 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.55908, 27.1 pips down.

London closed at 0.56182 after a 30.6 pip range from 0.55908 to 0.56214. The prior trading day covered 41 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 13:40 UTC, starting with the Fed Governor Bowman speech at 14:45 UTC. The EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook follows at 16:00 UTC and the 3-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC. Across 421 past auction_usd releases, NZDUSD moved 2.82 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.14 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a change of -5935 on the week, the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The U.S. trade release was graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD, as were the NZIER business confidence report and the two FXStreet items on the Yen.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56182, high 0.56254, low 0.56147, close 0.56179: a range of 10.7 pips over 100 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, London sessionOpen 0.55941, high 0.56214, low 0.55908, close 0.56182: a range of 30.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56212, low 0.55802, close 0.56006 on 2026-10-05, a range of 41 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 46.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 45th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for NZD and USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 13:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-10-06 14:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USD EIA Short-Term Energy OutlookScheduled 2026-10-06 16:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. USD 3-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-06 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.474%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  10. NZDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases NZDUSD moved 2.82 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.14 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. 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.
  12. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  13. NZ NZIER Business Confidence Surges, But Own Activity Slips as Cost Pressures EaseAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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