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NZDUSD at 0.56848, 8.2 pips of range in the New York session

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:35 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56848, inside a New York session that has run 8.2 pips from 0.56781 to 0.56862. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56894, 4.6 pips away, with the round number at 0.57000 a further 15.2 pips up. Below sit the session open at 0.56785, 6.3 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.56774, 7.4 pips down.

London ran 12 pips between 0.56774 and 0.56894 and closed at 0.56786, and the prior day covered 25.2 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 42.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

The one release in the next 24 hours is USD Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC, forecast -0.6% against a previous 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts, a change of -17655 on the week and the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded 2 of 3 for NZDUSD, FXStreet reported Canadian Dollar rate hike bets seen as excessive at 12:44 UTC and gold extending losses as rising oil prices reinforced Fed rate hike bets at 11:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56785, high 0.56862, low 0.56781, close 0.56848: a range of 8.2 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, London sessionOpen 0.56837, high 0.56894, low 0.56774, close 0.56786: a range of 12 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56750, low 0.56498, close 0.56624 on 2026-10-19, a range of 25.2 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 42.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases NZDUSD moved 3.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.40 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 2026-10-21 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 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. Canadian Dollar: BoC rate hike bets seen as excessive - Standard CharteredFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Gold extends losses as rising Oil prices reinforce Fed rate hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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