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USDCHF at 0.82821, London range 29.2 pips

US Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings m/m and Non-Farm Employment Change are all due at 12:30 UTC

USDCHF · London session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 AM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82821, inside a London session that has run 29.2 pips between 0.82660 and 0.82953. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 0.82982, 16.2 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior session low at 0.82664, 15.7 pips away.

The Asia session closed at 0.82908 after a 60.6 pip range, and the prior trading day closed at 0.83102 after 91.4 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 95th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, an unusually wide day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with the US labour data at 12:30 UTC. Over 22 past releases of that family USDCHF moved 24.51 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 23.65 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 26752 contracts, a change of 2236 on the week, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 08:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, London sessionOpen 0.82908, high 0.82953, low 0.82660, close 0.82821: a range of 29.2 pips over 91 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, Asia sessionOpen 0.83142, high 0.83270, low 0.82664, close 0.82908: a range of 60.6 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 95th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for USD and CHF8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-01 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDCHF reaction to nfp_usdOver 22 past releases USDCHF moved 24.51 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 23.65 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 26752 contracts, a change of 2236 on the week. That is the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. US Nonfarm Payrolls expected to soften in SeptemberFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 89K. Previous 162K. From Forex Factory.

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