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NZDUSD at 0.56904, 6.4 pips of range in the New York session

NZD CPI q/q is scheduled at 21:45 UTC, graded 3 of 3

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 1:35 PM

NZDUSD last traded at 0.56904, inside a New York session that has run 6.4 pips between 0.56894 and 0.56957. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56940, 3.6 pips away, then the prior day high at 0.56988, 8.4 pips away. Below sit the session open at 0.56898, 0.6 pips lower, and the previous session low at 0.56770, 13.4 pips lower.

The London session ran 17 pips between 0.56770 and 0.56940 and closed at 0.56898. The prior trading day covered 37.4 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 43.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

NZD CPI q/q is scheduled at 21:45 UTC with a forecast of 0.8% and a previous 1.5%, and CPI y/y at the same time with a forecast of 5.1%. Over 7 past releases of that family NZDUSD moved 13.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.89 in the first 60, in either direction. USD Unemployment Claims follow at 12:30 UTC on 2026-10-22, a family that has moved this pair 6.43 pips on average in the first 15 minutes over 97 past releases.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-10-13, a change of -17655 on the week and the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headline graded for this instrument is the FXStreet note on the New Zealand Dollar, the RBNZ and CPI, published at 09:34 UTC at impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56898, high 0.56957, low 0.56894, close 0.56904: a range of 6.4 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 0.56780, high 0.56940, low 0.56770, close 0.56898: a range of 17 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.56988, low 0.56614, close 0.56850 on 2026-10-20, a range of 37.4 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 43.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 40th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. NZD CPI q/qScheduled 2026-10-21 21:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.8%. Previous 1.5%. From Forex Factory.
  7. NZD CPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-21 21:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 5.1%. Previous 4.1%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. NZDUSD reaction to cpi_nzdOver 7 past releases NZDUSD moved 13.26 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 11.89 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  10. NZDUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.43 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. 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.
  12. New Zealand Dollar: RBNZ hike seen with CPI near forecast – INGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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