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USDCHF holds 0.83332, near the top of a 16.9 pip London range

FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next high-impact release on the calendar

USDCHF · London session · Published Oct 7, 2026, 8:35 AM

USDCHF last traded at 0.83332, inside a London session that has run 16.9 pips between 0.83196 and 0.83366. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.83363, 3.1 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day high at 0.83266, 6.6 pips below.

The Asia session ran 23.2 pips between 0.83131 and 0.83363 and closed at 0.83233. The prior trading day covered 28.5 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC. The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is graded impact 3 of 3, and over 117 past releases of that family USDCHF moved 7.27 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.54 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 24617 contracts, a change of 2135 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for USDCHF include FXStreet at 07:51 UTC and investingLive at 04:50 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, London sessionOpen 0.83232, high 0.83366, low 0.83196, close 0.83332: a range of 16.9 pips over 96 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 0.83185, high 0.83363, low 0.83131, close 0.83233: a range of 23.2 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 50.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 7th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm 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 2026-10-08 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-06 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDCHF reaction to fomc_usdOver 117 past releases USDCHF moved 7.27 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.54 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 24617 contracts, a change of 2135 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Australian Dollar pulls back from one-week top as USD stays firm ahead of FOMC MinutesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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