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USDCHF at 0.82274, low in a 16.6 pip New York range

US Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

USDCHF · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:35 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82274, near the bottom of a New York session that has run 16.6 pips between 0.82224 and 0.82390. The nearest levels above are the session open at 0.82378, 10.4 pips up, and the previous session high at 0.82569, 29.5 pips up. Below sit the prior day low at 0.82334, 6 pips away, and the prior week low at 0.82179, 9.5 pips away.

London closed at 0.82378 after a 19.2 pip range between 0.82376 and 0.82569, and the prior day ran 37.0 pips between 0.82334 and 0.82704. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is US Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC, with a forecast of -0.6% and a previous of 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family, USDCHF moved 4.66 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.28 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 22078 contracts, a change of 1662 on the week, the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded 2 of 3 for USDCHF, FXStreet reported on Canadian Dollar rate hike bets at 12:44 UTC and on Gold extending losses as rising Oil prices reinforce Fed rate hike bets at 11:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.82378, high 0.82390, low 0.82224, close 0.82274: a range of 16.6 pips over 96 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 0.82566, high 0.82569, low 0.82376, close 0.82378: a range of 19.2 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDCHF daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 54.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDCHF reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases USDCHF moved 4.66 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 7.28 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. Canadian Dollar: BoC rate hike bets seen as excessive - Standard CharteredFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.

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