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USDCHF at 0.82031, 8.4 pips of Asia range so far

US Flash Manufacturing and Services PMI land at 13:45 UTC, the next scheduled releases

USDCHF · Asia session · Published Oct 22, 2026, 10:30 PM

USDCHF last trades at 0.82031, inside an Asia session that has run 8.4 pips between 0.82112 and 0.82028. The nearest level above is the prior week low at 0.82179, 14.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 0.82000, 3.1 pips away.

New York closed at 0.82052 after a 40.6 pip range, and the prior trading day ran 56.2 pips between 0.82478 and 0.81916. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 66th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The US Flash Manufacturing PMI is scheduled at 13:45 UTC with a forecast of 55.4 against a previous 57.0, and the Flash Services PMI at the same time with 57.9 against 58.7. Over 95 past releases of this family, USDCHF moved 7.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.04 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week, the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for USDCHF, FXStreet reported the Japanese Yen surging as risk-off mood drove safe-haven demand at 15:55 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, Asia sessionOpen 0.82093, high 0.82112, low 0.82028, close 0.82031: a range of 8.4 pips over 86 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 0.82204, high 0.82434, low 0.82029, close 0.82052: a range of 40.6 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 47.0 pips. The latest day sits at the 66th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Flash Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 57.9. Previous 58.7. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDCHF reaction to pmi_usdOver 95 past releases USDCHF moved 7.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.04 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. Japanese Yen surges as risk-off mood drives safe-haven demandFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.

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