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USDCHF at 0.82366, New York range 20.8 pips

Baker Hughes rig counts are due at 17:00 UTC, the next release on our calendar

USDCHF · New York session · Published Oct 16, 2026, 1:40 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82366, inside a New York session that has run 20.8 pips between 0.82304 and 0.82512. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.82622, 25.6 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 0.82237, 12.9 pips away.

London traded a 38.6 pip range, opening at 0.82622 and closing at 0.82309. The prior day ran 90.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 53.2 pips, with the latest day at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days, an unusually wide day for this market.

The industrial production family has already printed at 13:15 UTC, and over 71 past releases USDCHF moved 4.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar lists 8 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, including the Baker Hughes rig counts at 17:00 UTC and the Federal Budget Balance at 18:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 23740 contracts, a change of 877 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The top headline for USDCHF, graded impact 2 of 3, came from FXStreet at 12:03 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.82308, high 0.82512, low 0.82304, close 0.82366: a range of 20.8 pips over 101 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 0.82622, high 0.82622, low 0.82237, close 0.82309: a range of 38.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF, previous trading dayHigh 0.83552, low 0.82646, close 0.82676 on 2026-10-15, a range of 90.6 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 53.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 91st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USDCHF reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 71 past releases USDCHF moved 4.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 6.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. Economic calendar for USD and CHF8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 13:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.
  8. USD Federal Budget BalanceScheduled 2026-10-16 18:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -34.7B. Previous -166.8B. From Forex Factory.
  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. British Pound hits three-week highs near 1.3350 as the US Dollar tumblesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  11. USD Baker Hughes US Oil Rig CountScheduled 2026-10-16 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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