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NZDUSD at 0.55940, New York range 11.5 pips

A USD 30-Year Bond Auction is scheduled at 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 8, 2026, 1:40 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.55940, inside a New York session that has run 11.5 pips between 0.55844 and 0.55959. The nearest level above is the prior session high at 0.56018, 7.8 pips away, with the round number 0.56000 just below it at 6 pips. Below sit the prior week low at 0.55862, 7.8 pips down, and the prior day low at 0.55856, 8.4 pips down.

London closed at 0.55848 after a 20.0 pip range between 0.55818 and 0.56018. The prior trading day covered 40.9 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.7 pips, which sits at the 44th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is the USD 30-Year Bond Auction at 17:00 UTC, 199 minutes away, graded impact 3 of 3. Over 423 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 2.84 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.13 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers the whole 24 hour window to 2026-10-09 13:40 UTC.

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 headlines graded for NZDUSD are an investingLive European session wrap at 11:49 UTC and an FXStreet piece on the Eurozone at 11:42 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.55848, high 0.55959, low 0.55844, close 0.55940: a range of 11.5 pips over 101 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 0.55934, high 0.56018, low 0.55818, close 0.55848: a range of 20.0 pips over 300 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 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to auction_usdOver 423 past releases NZDUSD moved 2.84 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 5.13 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for NZD and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-09 13:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-07 00:00 UTC.
  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. investingLive European session wrap: Yields continue to soar as oil surges and stocks tumbleinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. ECB officials agree: Eurozone is still saved from second-round inflation effectsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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