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NZDUSD at 0.55884, New York range 12.8 pips

FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next high-impact USD release

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 1:40 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.55884, inside a New York session that has run 12.8 pips between 0.55856 and 0.55984. The nearest level above is the prior day low at 0.55892, 0.8 pips higher, and the nearest below is the prior week low at 0.55862, 2.2 pips lower.

London closed at 0.55970 after a 17.6 pip range between 0.55928 and 0.56104. The prior trading day ran 39.1 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 44.2 pips, with the latest day at the 43rd percentile of the last 42 days, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC. Past fomc_usd releases moved NZDUSD 5.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.13 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 17315 contracts, a weekly change of -5935, the 90th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 12:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.55970, high 0.55984, low 0.55856, close 0.55884: a range of 12.8 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 0.56094, high 0.56104, low 0.55928, close 0.55970: a range of 17.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 43rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary 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 2026-10-08 13:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-06 00:00 UTC.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to fomc_usdOver 117 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.13 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. US Dollar: Assessing NFP release reliability – Standard CharteredFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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