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USDCHF holds 0.83122, London range 17.2 pips

US Michigan consumer survey releases at 14:00 UTC, 169 minutes away

USDCHF · London session · Published Oct 9, 2026, 11:10 AM

USDCHF last trades at 0.83122, inside a London session that has run 17.2 pips between 0.82978 and 0.83150. The nearest level above is the Asia high at 0.83176, 5.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 0.83068, 5.4 pips below.

Asia traded 18.8 pips between 0.82988 and 0.83176 and closed at 0.83102. The prior trading day ran 40.0 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.5 pips, with the latest day at the 34th percentile of the last 44 days, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is the Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment at 14:00 UTC, 169 minutes away, with Michigan Consumer Expectations and the two inflation expectations prints at the same time. Past sentiment releases moved USDCHF 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.60 in the first 60, and inflation expectations releases moved it 6.30 and 10.40 pips.

Large speculators are net short 24617 contracts, a weekly change of 2135, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for USDCHF include the investingLive piece on US inflation expectations ahead of the Michigan survey, published at 06:06 UTC, and the FXStreet note on the Fed's Musalem, published at 17:57 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, London sessionOpen 0.83102, high 0.83150, low 0.82978, close 0.83122: a range of 17.2 pips over 251 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 0.83152, high 0.83176, low 0.82988, close 0.83102: a range of 18.8 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.83468, low 0.83068, close 0.83172 on 2026-10-08, a range of 40.0 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 49.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 34th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Prelim UoM Consumer SentimentScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 47.5. Previous 47.8. From Forex Factory.
  7. USD Michigan Consumer ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 42.6. Previous 46.3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USDCHF reaction to sentiment_usdOver 74 past releases USDCHF moved 6.50 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. USDCHF reaction to inflation_expectations_usdOver 49 past releases USDCHF moved 6.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  10. 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.
  11. Economic data spotlight: US inflation expectations in focus in today's Michigan consumer surveyinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  12. Fed's Musalem signals more tightening as inflation stays elevatedFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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