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USDCHF at 0.82889, low end of a 28.6 pip London range

Eight USD releases land at 12:30 UTC, led by PPI and Retail Sales

USDCHF · London session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 8:35 AM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82889, near the bottom of the London session range of 28.6 pips between 0.83094 and 0.82808. The nearest level above is the round number 0.83000, 11.1 pips up, then the session open at 0.83094, 20.5 pips up. Below sit the previous session low at 0.82782, 10.7 pips down, and the prior week low at 0.82776, 11.4 pips down.

The Asia session ran 77.0 pips between 0.83552 and 0.82782 and closed at 0.83092. The prior trading day covered 78.0 pips between 0.83951 and 0.83172. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 48.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 88th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 are scheduled in the next 24 hours, all at 12:30 UTC, 234 minutes away. USD PPI m/m carries a forecast of 0.6% against a previous 0.4%, and USD Retail Sales m/m a forecast of 0.3% against a previous 1.2%. Over 22 past PPI releases USDCHF moved 8.01 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.88 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 23740 contracts, a change of 877 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this pair, graded impact 2 of 3, is FXStreet's US Dollar piece at 07:44 UTC, followed by its Swiss Franc piece at 07:24 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, London sessionOpen 0.83094, high 0.83094, low 0.82808, close 0.82889: a range of 28.6 pips over 95 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 0.83552, high 0.83552, low 0.82782, close 0.83092: a range of 77.0 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.83951, low 0.83172, close 0.83492 on 2026-10-14, a range of 78.0 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 48.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 88th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and CHF8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.6%. Previous 0.4%. From Forex Factory.
  8. USDCHF reaction to ppi_usdOver 22 past releases USDCHF moved 8.01 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.88 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 092741Large speculators are net short 23740 contracts, a change of 877 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Forex Today: US Dollar erases CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slumpFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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