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USDCHF at 0.82450, 29.7 pips wide in New York

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

USDCHF · New York session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 2:15 PM

USDCHF last traded at 0.82450, inside a New York session that has run between 0.82194 and 0.82492, a range of 29.7 pips. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 0.82478, 2.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session high at 0.82442, 0.8 pips under the last price.

London closed at 0.82432 after a 28.4 pips range, and the prior trading day ran 56.2 pips between 0.81916 and 0.82478. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 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 Flash Manufacturing PMI and Flash Services PMI were scheduled at 13:45 UTC, and the Michigan sentiment and inflation expectations releases at 14:00 UTC, all already past as of this note. Over 99 past pmi_usd releases USDCHF moved 7.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.80 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. The loudest headline for this instrument is the TD Securities note on the US Dollar, published at 12:32 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDCHF, New York sessionOpen 0.82432, high 0.82492, low 0.82194, close 0.82450: a range of 29.7 pips over 135 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 0.82290, high 0.82442, low 0.82158, close 0.82432: a range of 28.4 pips over 300 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 Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDCHF reaction to pmi_usdOver 99 past releases USDCHF moved 7.40 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.80 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. US Dollar: Resilient into FOMC with election risks – TD SecuritiesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDCHF by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Baker Hughes US Total Rig CountScheduled 2026-10-23 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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