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USDCAD holds 1.42612 near the top of a 14.0 pip New York range

The next scheduled release is USD Final Services PMI at 13:45 UTC, 9 minutes away

USDCAD · New York session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 1:35 PM

USDCAD last traded at 1.42612, inside a New York session that has run 14.0 pips between 1.42480 and 1.42620. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 1.42618, 0.6 pips away, then the prior week high at 1.42630, 1.8 pips above. Below sit the session open at 1.42595, 1.7 pips lower, and the previous session low at 1.42378, 23.4 pips below.

The London session ran 34.3 pips between 1.42378 and 1.42721 and closed at 1.42596. The prior trading day covered 59.6 pips between 1.42022 and 1.42618. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.1 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.

USD Final Services PMI is scheduled at 13:45 UTC with impact 3 of 3, and USD ISM Services PMI at 14:00 UTC with impact 3 of 3. Over 93 past pmi_usd releases USDCAD moved 7.05 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.47 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 13:35 UTC and covers up to 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 78671 contracts, a change of -25461 on the week, the 51st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for USDCAD is from FXStreet at 12:30 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, New York sessionOpen 1.42595, high 1.42620, low 1.42480, close 1.42612: a range of 14.0 pips over 95 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 1.42662, high 1.42721, low 1.42378, close 1.42596: a range of 34.3 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD, previous trading dayHigh 1.42618, low 1.42022, close 1.42496 on 2026-10-02, a range of 59.6 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 49.1 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.
  6. USD Final Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 13:45 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 58.7. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDCAD reaction to pmi_usdOver 93 past releases USDCAD moved 7.05 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.47 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for USD and CAD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 090741Large speculators are net short 78671 contracts, a change of -25461 on the week. That is the 51st percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Oil: Crude forecasts signal inflation surprises ahead - Societe GeneraleFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.

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