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USDCHF holds 0.83283 in a quiet Asia range

Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release, with Waller speaking at 08:30 UTC

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 10:35 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.83283, inside an Asia session that has run 8.4 pips between 0.83274 and 0.83358. The nearest level above is the session open at 0.83288, 0.5 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.83182, 10.1 pips away.

New York closed at 0.83343 after a 23.8 pip range, with a high of 0.83420 and a low of 0.83182. The prior trading day ran 28.8 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.8 pips, which sits at the 9th percentile of the last 43 days, a calm day for this market.

The calendar holds 5 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with Fed Governor Waller at 08:30 UTC. Past fomc_usd releases moved USDCHF 7.23 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.45 in the first 60, and jobless_claims_usd releases moved it 8.12 and 9.44 pips.

Large speculators are net short 24617 contracts, a weekly change of 2135, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is the FOMC minutes from the Federal Reserve, graded impact 2 of 3 and published at 18:00 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.83288, high 0.83358, low 0.83274, close 0.83283: a range of 8.4 pips over 90 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. USDCHF reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.83250, high 0.83420, low 0.83182, close 0.83343: a range of 23.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 9th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for USD and CHF5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-08 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-06 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDCHF reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases USDCHF moved 8.12 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.44 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 24617 contracts, a change of 2135 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026Federal Reserve. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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