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USDCAD holds 1.40648 near the top of a 9.1 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC, graded 3 of 3

USDCAD · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 12:05 AM

USDCAD last traded at 1.40648, 0.1 pips below the previous New York session high of 1.40649 and 3.5 pips above the Asia session open of 1.40613. The Asia session has run between 1.40585 and 1.40676, a range of 9.1 pips. Below, the prior day low and previous session low both sit at 1.40324, 32.4 pips under the last price, with the round number at 1.40000 64.8 pips below.

The previous New York session ran 32.6 pips between 1.40324 and 1.40649 and closed at 1.40593. The prior trading day covered 78.7 pips, from 1.40324 to 1.41110. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 69.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 76th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 00:05 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC. The USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change is scheduled at 14:30 UTC with a forecast of -4.804 M and a previous of -8.557 M. The USD 20-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC; over 437 past releases of that family USDCAD moved 4.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.40 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 94765 contracts, a change of -4602 on the week, the 59th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded 2 of 3 for USDCAD, FXStreet ran a Bank of Canada piece on the growth and inflation trade-off at 19:22 UTC and a gold piece at 20:13 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD price from our feedLast one-minute close 1.40648 at 2026-10-21 00:05 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. USDCAD, Asia sessionOpen 1.40613, high 1.40676, low 1.40585, close 1.40648: a range of 9.1 pips over 181 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  3. USDCAD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  4. USDCAD, New York sessionOpen 1.40560, high 1.40649, low 1.40324, close 1.40593: a range of 32.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. USDCAD, previous trading dayHigh 1.41110, low 1.40324, close 1.40593 on 2026-10-20, a range of 78.7 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  6. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 69.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 76th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  7. Economic calendar for USD and CAD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 00:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  8. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-21 14:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -4.804 M. Previous -8.557 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. USD 20-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-21 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 5.420%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  10. USDCAD reaction to auction_usdOver 437 past releases USDCAD moved 4.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. 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.
  12. Bank of Canada: Growth inflation trade-off in focus – RBCFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.
  13. Gold struggles near $4,150 as global rate hike risks loomFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.

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