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USDCAD at 1.40114, New York range 25.1 pips

BOC Gov Macklem Speaks is scheduled at 15:05 UTC, 24 minutes away

USDCAD · New York session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 2:40 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.40114, inside a New York session that has run 25.1 pips from 1.39964 to 1.40216 since the 1.40008 open. The levels just above are the prior day and prior week high at 1.40146, 3.2 pips up, and the London high at 1.40234, 12 pips up. Below lie the session open at 1.40008, 10.6 pips down, and the round number 1.40000, 11.4 pips down.

London closed at 1.40009 after trading from 1.39984 to 1.40234, a range of 25 pips over 300 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 61.9 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Two releases of impact 2 of 3 sit in the next 24 hours: BOC Gov Macklem Speaks at 15:05 UTC and Fed Governor Jefferson Speech at 14:20 UTC on 2026-09-22. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

In the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-09-15, large speculators are net short 37577 contracts, a change of 32922 on the week and the 25th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Headlines graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD include Investing.com's "U.S. Treasury yields ease on crude pull-back ; rate hike bets stay" and FXStreet's "Fed's Goolsbee: Demand, tariffs, energy, supply shocks all are fuelling inflation".

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, New York sessionOpen 1.40008, high 1.40216, low 1.39964, close 1.40114: a range of 25.1 pips over 161 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, London sessionOpen 1.40174, high 1.40234, low 1.39984, close 1.40009: a range of 25 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 61.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 21th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Fed Governor Jefferson SpeechScheduled 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and CAD2 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 14:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 090741Large speculators are net short 37577 contracts, a change of 32922 on the week. That is the 25th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. U.S. Treasury yields ease on crude pull-back ; rate hike bets stayInvesting.com. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.
  9. Fed’s Goolsbee: Demand, tariffs, energy, supply shocks all are fuelling inflationFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.
  10. CAD BOC Gov Macklem SpeaksScheduled 2026-09-21 15:05 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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