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USDCHF holds 0.82316 near the top of a 9.2 pip London range

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

USDCHF · London session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 8:30 AM

USDCHF last prints 0.82316, inside a London session that has run 9.2 pips between 0.82258 and 0.82349. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.82305, 1.1 pips away, and below sits the prior week low at 0.82179, 13.7 pips down.

The Asia session ran 38.6 pips between 0.81918 and 0.82305 and closed at 0.82290. The prior trading day covered 56.2 pips, against an ordinary day of 47.0 pips, and the latest day sits at the 66th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

The US Flash Manufacturing PMI is scheduled for 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 that 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 and the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for USDCHF, FXStreet's Australian Dollar piece at 07:33 UTC and its Gold piece at 06:57 UTC both carry impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, London sessionOpen 0.82290, high 0.82349, low 0.82258, close 0.82316: a range of 9.2 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 0.82093, high 0.82305, low 0.81918, close 0.82290: a range of 38.6 pips over 595 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. Australian Dollar holds steady amid RBNZ rate hike bets, weak PMI dataFXStreet. 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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