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USDCHF holds 0.83452 after a 6.0 pip Asia range

Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release, graded 3 of 3 for USDCHF

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:40 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.83452, inside an Asia session that has run 6.0 pips between 0.83400 and 0.83460. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.83468, 1.6 pips up, with the prior day high at 0.83486, 3.4 pips up. Below sit the session open at 0.83415, 3.7 pips down, and the previous session low at 0.83267, 18.5 pips down.

New York closed at 0.83468 after trading 22.0 pips between 0.83267 and 0.83486. The prior trading day ran 55.9 pips from 0.82928 to 0.83486. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 49.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 64th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar lists Fed Governor Waller at 07:45 UTC, Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M, and Federal Budget Balance at 18:00 UTC. Over 112 past housing_usd releases, USDCHF moved 4.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.29 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers this whole window, up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 23740 contracts, a change of 877 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headlines for USDCHF are graded 2 of 3: FXStreet on gold and the US Dollar at 19:08 UTC, and FXStreet on Fed's Hammack at 17:02 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.83415, high 0.83460, low 0.83400, close 0.83452: a range of 6.0 pips over 95 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 0.83302, high 0.83486, low 0.83267, close 0.83468: a range of 22.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.83486, low 0.82928, close 0.83468 on 2026-10-12, a range of 55.9 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 64th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDCHF reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases USDCHF moved 4.68 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.29 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for USD and CHF4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 23740 contracts, a change of 877 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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