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USDCAD at 1.42264, Asia range 14.7 pips

US PPI, retail sales and jobless claims land at 12:30 UTC, all impact 3 of 3

USDCAD · Asia session · Published Oct 14, 2026, 11:10 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.42264, inside an Asia session that has run 14.7 pips between 1.42396 and 1.42248. The nearest level above is the session open at 1.42360, 9.6 pips away, with the prior day high, previous session high and round number all at 1.43000, 73.6 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 1.42086, 17.8 pips down, and the prior day low at 1.41970, 29.4 pips down.

The previous New York session ran 91.4 pips from 1.43000 to 1.42086 and closed at 1.42367. The prior trading day covered 103.1 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 62.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 95th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an unusually wide day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-13 00:00 UTC. US PPI m/m, Core PPI m/m, Retail Sales m/m, Core Retail Sales m/m, Unemployment Claims and the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index are all scheduled at 12:30 UTC, each impact 3 of 3. Over 24 past PPI releases USDCAD moved 7.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 90163 contracts, a change of -11492 on the week, the 55th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC by FXStreet.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, Asia sessionOpen 1.42360, high 1.42396, low 1.42248, close 1.42264: a range of 14.7 pips over 126 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, New York sessionOpen 1.42194, high 1.43000, low 1.42086, close 1.42367: a range of 91.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD, previous trading dayHigh 1.43000, low 1.41970, close 1.42367 on 2026-10-14, a range of 103.1 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 62.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 95th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and CAD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-15 23:10 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-13 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.6%. Previous 0.4%. From Forex Factory.
  8. USDCAD reaction to ppi_usdOver 24 past releases USDCAD moved 7.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 090741Large speculators are net short 90163 contracts, a change of -11492 on the week. That is the 55th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Euro breaks to a 17-month low as US core inflation beats forecastsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.

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