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NZDUSD at 0.56120, New York range 9 pips

Existing Home Sales is due at 14:00 UTC, 9 minutes away

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 1:50 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56120, inside a New York session that has run 9 pips between 0.56080 and 0.56170. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56140, 2 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.56193, 7.3 pips above. Below sit the round number at 0.56000, 12 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.55952, 16.8 pips down.

London closed at 0.56118 after a range of 18.8 pips, having opened at 0.55984 and run between 0.55952 and 0.56140. The prior trading day covered 36.2 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 42.2 pips, which the volatility reading places at the 36th percentile of the last 42 days, an ordinary day for this market.

Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M. Past releases in that family moved NZDUSD 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.60 pips in the first 60, in either direction, across 115 samples. The calendar holds 8 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours and covers to 2026-11-12 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 29346 contracts, a weekly change of -12031, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for NZDUSD, FXStreet carried the Australian Dollar RBA inflation piece at 12:51 UTC and the Silver Price Forecast at 10:59 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56116, high 0.56170, low 0.56080, close 0.56120: a range of 9 pips over 110 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 0.55984, high 0.56140, low 0.55952, close 0.56118: a range of 18.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56193, low 0.55831, close 0.55878 on 2026-10-12, a range of 36.2 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 42.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 36th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 past releases NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for NZD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-14 13:50 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-12 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 29346 contracts, a change of -12031 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Australian Dollar: RBA inflation focus shapes outlook – CommerzbankFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD wobbles near $60.30, US CPI takes centre stageFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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