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USDCHF holds 0.82746 in a 10.1 pip Asia range

Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC, the next scheduled event

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 11:20 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82746, inside an Asia session that has run 10.1 pips between 0.82672 and 0.82772. The nearest level above is the prior week low at 0.82776, 3.0 pips away, then the session open at 0.82758, 1.2 pips above the last price. Below sit the prior day low and the previous session low, both at 0.82646, 10 pips under the last price.

New York closed at 0.82676 after a 53.3 pip range, having opened at 0.83028 and reached 0.83179. The prior trading day ran 90.6 pips from 0.83552 down to 0.82646. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 53.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market.

Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC, 249 minutes after this snapshot, graded impact 3 of 3. Over 10 past speech_usd releases USDCHF moved 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Later, Industrial Production is due at 13:15 UTC, where 71 past releases moved the pair 4.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60.

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 headline for this instrument is FXStreet's Pound climbs on a weaker Dollar and a UK growth surprise, published at 22:25 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.82758, high 0.82772, low 0.82672, close 0.82746: a range of 10.1 pips over 135 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 0.83028, high 0.83179, low 0.82646, close 0.82676: a range of 53.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.83552, low 0.82646, close 0.82676 on 2026-10-15, a range of 90.6 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 53.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Fed Chairman Warsh SpeaksScheduled 2026-10-16 03:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDCHF reaction to speech_usdOver 10 past releases USDCHF moved 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USDCHF reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 71 past releases USDCHF moved 4.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. Pound climbs on a weaker Dollar and a UK growth surpriseFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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