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USDJPY holds 158.031, Asia range 16.6 pips

Tokyo CPI excl. Food and Energy y/y is due at 2026-10-01 23:30 UTC, 24 minutes away, the next impact 3 of 3 release

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.031, inside an Asia session that has run 16.6 pips between 158.019 and 158.186. Below, the round number 158.000 sits 3.1 pips away; above are the session open at 158.172, 14.1 pips up, and the previous New York high at 158.263, 23.2 pips up.

New York closed at 158.077 after a range of 103.3 pips between 157.230 and 158.263 over 540 minutes. An ordinary day for USDJPY covers 129.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which our measure calls a normal day for this market.

Over 74 past cpi_jpy releases, USDJPY moved 8.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.20 pips in the first 60, in either direction. Later, Non-Farm Employment Change is scheduled for 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, 804 minutes away.

Large speculators are net long 71982 contracts, a change of -48377 on the week, the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The Tokyo CPI preview headline from investingLive at 2026-10-01 21:08 UTC is graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY, and the Forex Today headline from FXStreet at 2026-10-01 17:04 UTC carries the same grade.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY price from our feedLast one-minute close 158.031 at 2026-10-01 23:04 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.172, high 158.186, low 158.019, close 158.031: a range of 16.6 pips over 120 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 157.946, high 158.263, low 157.230, close 158.077: a range of 103.3 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 129.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 61st percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USDJPY reaction to cpi_jpyOver 74 past releases USDJPY moved 8.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. USD Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 89K. Previous 162K. From Forex Factory.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 71982 contracts, a change of -48377 on the week. That is the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Tokyo CPI preview: core inflation seen jumping to 2.4% as BOJ weighs its next hikeinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  10. Forex Today: US NFP takes centre stageFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  11. JPY Tokyo CPI excl. Food and Energy y/yScheduled 2026-10-01 23:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 2.3%. Previous 2.0%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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