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USDCHF at 0.82826, New York range 42.8 pips

Three USD inventory releases land at 14:00 UTC, 19 minutes away

USDCHF · New York session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 1:40 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82826, inside a New York session that has run 42.8 pips between 0.83179 and 0.82752. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.83094, 26.8 pips up, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.82808, 1.8 pips down.

London traded a 28.6 pip range, opening and high at 0.83094 and closing at 0.83028. The prior day ran 78.0 pips, and an ordinary day over the last 14 covers 48.7 pips, with the latest day at the 88th percentile of the last 43 days, a busy day for this market.

Retail Inventories m/m, Retail Inventories excl. Autos m/m and Business Inventories m/m are all scheduled for 14:00 UTC, 19 minutes away. The EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change follows at 16:00 UTC with impact 3 of 3. Fed Chairman Warsh speaks at 03:30 UTC on 2026-10-16, and past speech_usd releases moved USDCHF 5.22 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.84 in the first 60.

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 headlines for USDCHF are graded impact 2 of 3: Action Forex at 12:51 UTC, FXStreet at 12:37 UTC and investingLive at 11:34 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.83028, high 0.83179, low 0.82752, close 0.82826: a range of 42.8 pips over 100 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, London sessionOpen 0.83094, high 0.83094, low 0.82808, close 0.83028: a range of 28.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. 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.
  5. USD Retail Inventories m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 0.3%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks ChangeScheduled 2026-10-15 16:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast -0.831 M. Previous -3.186 M. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USDCHF reaction to speech_usdOver 10 past releases USDCHF moved 5.22 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.84 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. US PPI Surges 1.3% as Energy Prices Spike, but Core Inflation Also Beats ForecastsAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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