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USDCAD holds 1.41912 in a quiet Asia range

Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC, the next scheduled event

USDCAD · Asia session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 10:45 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.41912, inside an Asia session that has run 8.6 pips between 1.41858 and 1.41944 over 100 minutes. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.42000, 8.8 pips away, then the prior week low at 1.42048, 13.6 pips above. Below sit the prior day low and the previous session low, both at 1.41696, 21.6 pips down.

New York ran 52.8 pips between 1.41696 and 1.42224 and closed at 1.41852. The prior trading day covered 69.9 pips, from 1.41696 to 1.42396. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 65.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 73rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC, 284 minutes away, and BOC Gov Macklem speaks at 04:15 UTC, 329 minutes away. Past USD speeches moved USDCAD 5.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 in the first 60, over 10 samples. CAD speeches moved it 1.50 pips in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 in the first 60, over 5 samples.

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 USDCAD is from FXStreet at 21:11 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3, on Fed tightening pressure as inflation squeezes households.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, Asia sessionOpen 1.41918, high 1.41944, low 1.41858, close 1.41912: a range of 8.6 pips over 100 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 1.42060, high 1.42224, low 1.41696, close 1.41852: a range of 52.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD, previous trading dayHigh 1.42396, low 1.41696, close 1.41852 on 2026-10-15, a range of 69.9 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 65.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 73rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Fed Chairman Warsh SpeaksScheduled 2026-10-16 03:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDCAD reaction to speech_usdOver 10 past releases USDCAD moved 5.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USDCAD reaction to speech_cadOver 5 past releases USDCAD moved 1.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 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. Fed’s Hammack urges more tightening as inflation squeezes householdsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.

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