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USDJPY at 157.468 inside a 22.8 pip Asia range

The Fed Governor Jefferson Speech is scheduled at 14:20 UTC, 774 minutes away

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Sep 22, 2026, 1:25 AM

The Asia session has run 22.8 pips over 260 minutes, from 157.252 to 157.480, with the last price 157.468. The closest level above is 157.530, 6.2 pips up, and the closest below is the session open at 157.292, 17.6 pips down.

New York ran 36.2 pips over 540 minutes, from 157.169 to 157.530, and closed at 157.366. The prior day covered 95.3 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 166.3 pips and the latest day sits at the 48th percentile of the last 42 days, an ordinary day for this market.

Two impact 2 releases are scheduled: the Fed Governor Jefferson Speech at 14:20 UTC and the 2-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC, 934 minutes away. Over 421 past auction_usd releases USDJPY moved 5.88 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.30 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts, a change of 109563 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded for USDJPY, intervention risk is called high with 160 seen possible against US Dollar, and the Yen is described as sliding on Fed hawkishness and intervention fears.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 157.292, high 157.480, low 157.252, close 157.468: a range of 22.8 pips over 260 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. USDJPY reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 157.214, high 157.530, low 157.169, close 157.366: a range of 36.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 166.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 48th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-09-22 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USDJPY reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases USDJPY moved 5.88 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.30 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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.
  8. Japanese Yen: Intervention risk high as 160 seen possible against US Dollar – INGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  9. Japanese Yen slides as Fed hawkishness, intervention fears growFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  10. USD Fed Governor Jefferson SpeechScheduled 2026-09-22 14:20 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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