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NZDUSD at 0.56926, 13.8 pips across the New York range

USD Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, 9 minutes away

NZDUSD · New York session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 1:35 PM

NZDUSD last trades at 0.56926, near the top of a New York session that has run 13.8 pips between 0.56838 and 0.56976. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56927, 0.1 pips away, then the round number at 0.57000, 7.4 pips above. Below sit the session open at 0.56856, 7 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.56831, 9.5 pips down.

London closed at 0.56856 after a 9.6 pip range between 0.56831 and 0.56927. The prior day ran 42.4 pips between 0.56679 and 0.57104. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 40.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 57th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The USD Flash Manufacturing PMI is scheduled for 13:45 UTC with a forecast of 55.4 against a previous 57.0, and the Flash Services PMI at the same time with 57.9 against 58.7. Over 95 past releases of this family NZDUSD moved 5.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.22 in the first 60, in either direction. At 14:00 UTC the Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations follow, forecast 3.5% against a previous 3.5%.

Large speculators are net short 47001 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders, a change of -17655 on the week and the 31st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for NZDUSD is FXStreet's TD Securities note on the US Dollar into FOMC, published at 12:32 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56856, high 0.56976, low 0.56838, close 0.56926: a range of 13.8 pips over 95 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 0.56894, high 0.56927, low 0.56831, close 0.56856: a range of 9.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.57104, low 0.56679, close 0.56838 on 2026-10-22, a range of 42.4 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 40.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 57th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  7. NZDUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 95 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.11 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.22 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD Michigan 5-Year Inflation ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-23 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 3.5%. Previous 3.5%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  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. US Dollar: Resilient into FOMC with election risks – TD SecuritiesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.

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