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USDCAD holds 1.42512 in a 10.8 pip Asia range

US Final Services PMI is scheduled at 13:45 UTC, the first of five releases in the next 24 hours

USDCAD · Asia session · Published Oct 4, 2026, 10:55 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.42512, inside an Asia session that has run 10.8 pips from 1.42492 to 1.42600 over 110 minutes. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.42618, 10.6 pips away, with the prior week high at 1.42630, 11.8 pips above the last price. Below sit the prior day low at 1.42022, 49 pips down, and the round number at 1.42000, 51.2 pips below.

The prior New York day ran 59.6 pips between 1.42022 and 1.42618 and closed at 1.42496. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 are scheduled in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Final Services PMI at 13:45 UTC, forecast 58.7 against a previous 58.7. USD ISM Services PMI follows at 14:00 UTC, forecast 55.1 against a previous 55.4. Over 97 past pmi_usd releases, USDCAD moved 6.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.10 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 78671 contracts, a weekly change of -25461, the 51st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for USDCAD is graded impact 1 of 3, published at 22:38 UTC, and a second at 22:16 UTC also carries impact 1 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, Asia sessionOpen 1.42560, high 1.42600, low 1.42492, close 1.42512: a range of 10.8 pips over 110 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. USDCAD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. USDCAD, previous trading dayHigh 1.42618, low 1.42022, close 1.42496 on 2026-10-02, a range of 59.6 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Final Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 58.7. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  6. USD ISM Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 55.1. Previous 55.4. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDCAD reaction to pmi_usdOver 97 past releases USDCAD moved 6.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.10 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 090741Large speculators are net short 78671 contracts, a change of -25461 on the week. That is the 51st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Middle East War updates: Iran says Strait of Hormuz main focus of talks to end war with USFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.
  10. Economic calendar for USD and CAD5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-05 22:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-03 00:00 UTC.

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