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USDCHF holds 0.82452 after a 6.3 pip Asia range

US Unemployment Claims land at 12:30 UTC, the first of 4 releases in the next 24 hours

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 11:00 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82452, inside an Asia session that has run 6.3 pips from 0.82415 to 0.82478 over 116 minutes. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.82590, 13.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 0.82358, 9.4 pips away.

The New York session closed at 0.82437 after a 23.2 pip range, and the prior trading day ran 27.8 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 9th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

US Unemployment Claims are scheduled for 12:30 UTC with a forecast of 200K and a previous of 199K, followed by Continuing Jobless Claims at the same time. Over 101 past releases of that family USDCHF moved 8.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.70 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts in the COT report of 2026-10-13, a change of 1662 on the week and the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for USDCHF are all impact 2 of 3, the most recent from FXStreet on the Japanese Yen at 23:00 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.82472, high 0.82478, low 0.82415, close 0.82452: a range of 6.3 pips over 116 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 0.82457, high 0.82590, low 0.82358, close 0.82437: a range of 23.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.2 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. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDCHF reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases USDCHF moved 8.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.70 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. The Japanese Yen barely moves as a Bank of Japan deputy talks up inflation riskFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for USD and CHF4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 23:00 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.

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