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USDJPY 157.045 in a 39.2 pip Asia range

Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts, a change of 109563 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Sep 20, 2026, 11:40 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.045. The Asia session has run 39.2 pips between 156.721 and 157.112. The nearest level below is the round number 157.000, 4.5 pips below, and the nearest above is 158.000 at 95.5 pips.

The previous trading day ran 218.7 pips from 155.872 to 158.059 and closed at 156.894. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 164.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days, a busy day for this market.

The calendar shows 0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-21 23:40 UTC, and it covers this whole window, so nothing is scheduled in it. Our calendar reaches as far as 2026-10-20 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts in the CFTC report dated 2026-09-15. The weekly change is 109563, which is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY price from our feedLast one-minute close 157.045 at 2026-09-20 23:39 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 156.834, high 157.112, low 156.721, close 157.045: a range of 39.2 pips over 155 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  3. USDJPY reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.059, low 155.872, close 156.894 on 2026-09-18, a range of 218.7 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 164.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and JPY0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-21 23:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-20 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts, a change of 109563 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

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