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USDCAD at 1.42240, New York range 23.8 pips

US Existing Home Sales lands at 14:00 UTC, 14 minutes away, impact 3 of 3

USDCAD · New York session · Published Oct 13, 2026, 1:45 PM

USDCAD last trades at 1.42240, near the bottom of the New York session range of 23.8 pips between 1.42460 and 1.42221. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 1.42695, 45.5 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 1.42402, 16.2 pips away.

London ran 27.0 pips between 1.42695 and 1.42426 and closed at 1.42426. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 56.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Existing Home Sales is scheduled for 14:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with Existing Home Sales m/m at the same time at impact 2 of 3. Over 115 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 90163 contracts, a change of -11492 on the week, the 55th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for USDCAD, FXStreet's Australian Dollar piece at 12:51 UTC and Action Forex's Treasury yields piece at 09:14 UTC both carry impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCAD, New York sessionOpen 1.42426, high 1.42460, low 1.42221, close 1.42240: a range of 23.8 pips over 106 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 1.42686, high 1.42695, low 1.42426, close 1.42426: a range of 27.0 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCAD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 56.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDCAD reaction to housing_usdOver 115 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 90163 contracts, a change of -11492 on the week. That is the 55th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Australian Dollar: RBA inflation focus shapes outlook – CommerzbankFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCAD by our headline classifier.

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