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USDJPY at 157.828, near the Asia session low of 157.806

BoJ Weighted Median Core CPI y/y is the next release, scheduled at 05:00 UTC, 149 minutes away

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Sep 24, 2026, 2:30 AM

The last price is 157.828, with the Asia session 56.4 pips wide from 157.806 to 158.370. Above sit the prior week high at 158.059, 23.1 pips away, and the round number 158.000, 17.2 pips away. Below is the previous session low at 157.770, 5.8 pips away

New York closed at 158.308 after a 63.4 pip range from 157.770 to 158.404. The prior trading day ran 106.2 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 138.9 pips, and the latest day is at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days, an ordinary day for this market

BoJ Weighted Median Core CPI y/y is scheduled at 05:00 UTC, forecast 1.5% and previous 2.0%. Past cpi_jpy releases moved USDJPY 7.87 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.90 in the first 60. US Unemployment Claims follows at 12:30 UTC, and jobless_claims_usd releases moved it 14.99 pips in 15 minutes and 19.97 in 60

Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts in the COT report of 2026-09-15, a change of 109563 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports

Session brief

  1. USDJPY price from our feedLast one-minute close 157.828 at 2026-09-24 02:29 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.313, high 158.370, low 157.806, close 157.828: a range of 56.4 pips over 325 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, New York sessionOpen 157.920, high 158.404, low 157.770, close 158.308: a range of 63.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.404, low 157.342, close 158.308 on 2026-09-23, a range of 106.2 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  6. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 138.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  7. JPY BoJ Weighted Median Core CPI y/yScheduled 2026-09-24 05:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 1.5%. Previous 2.0%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USDJPY reaction to cpi_jpyOver 72 past releases USDJPY moved 7.87 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.90 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. USD Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-09-24 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 201K. Previous 196K. From Forex Factory.
  10. USDJPY reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases USDJPY moved 14.99 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 19.97 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  11. 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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