fxmind
Try free

All briefs

USDCAD holds 1.41062 after a 7.0 pip Asia range

US Housing Starts and Building Permits are scheduled at 12:30 UTC, the next releases on our calendar

USDCAD · Asia session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 11:05 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.41062, inside an Asia session that has run 7.0 pips between 1.41040 and 1.41110. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.41132, 7 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 1.41000, 6.2 pips under the last price.

The New York session closed at 1.41110 after a 40.6 pip range, and the prior trading day ran 64.2 pips between 1.40706 and 1.41349. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 69.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Four USD releases of impact 2 are due in the next 24 hours, starting with Housing Starts and Building Permits at 12:30 UTC and Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC. Over 116 past housing_usd releases USDCAD moved 5.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.50 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 94765 contracts, a change of -4602 on the week and the 59th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for USDCAD, FXStreet reported the Loonie giving back part of its rally on soft Canadian inflation at 17:02 UTC, graded 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, Asia sessionOpen 1.41040, high 1.41110, low 1.41040, close 1.41062: a range of 7.0 pips over 121 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 1.40768, high 1.41132, low 1.40725, close 1.41110: a range of 40.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 69.9 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. Economic calendar for USD and CAD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDCAD reaction to housing_usdOver 116 past releases USDCAD moved 5.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.50 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 090741Large speculators are net short 94765 contracts, a change of -4602 on the week. That is the 59th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Loonie gives back part of its rally on soft Canadian inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

Written once by FxMind's desk from our own market data, the same text every reader sees.

Context on the market, not a trade recommendation. The decision is the trader's.