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USDCHF at 0.82450, 26.6 pips into the Asia range

No release of impact 2 or 3 is scheduled in the next 24 hours, and our calendar covers to 2026-11-17

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 18, 2026, 10:55 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82450, 1.5 pips above the Asia session open of 0.82465 and inside a session range of 26.6 pips between 0.82334 and 0.82600. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.82824, 37.4 pips away, then the round number at 0.83000, 55 pips away. Below, the prior day low and prior week low sit together at 0.82179, 27.1 pips down, with the round number at 0.82000 another 45 pips below.

The previous trading day ran 64.6 pips between 0.82179 and 0.82824 and closed at 0.82399. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 76th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which our volatility measure calls a busy day for this market.

Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week, which is the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Both headlines graded for USDCHF carry impact 1 of 3: the New Zealand services report at 21:46 UTC and the US-EU Starlink spectrum report at 20:36 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.82465, high 0.82600, low 0.82334, close 0.82450: a range of 26.6 pips over 111 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, previous trading dayHigh 0.82824, low 0.82179, close 0.82399 on 2026-10-16, a range of 64.6 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 76th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week. That is the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  6. New Zealand services sector grows for four months straight as PSI holds at 50.9investingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  7. US threatens EU with devastating retaliation if Brussels curbs Starlink spectrum accessinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  8. Economic calendar for USD and CHF0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-19 22:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-17 00:00 UTC.

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