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USDJPY holds 157.891 in a 17.3 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is the JPY 10-y Bond Auction at 03:35 UTC

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 10:40 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.891, inside an Asia session that has run 17.3 pips between 157.824 and 157.998. The nearest level above is the round number 158.000, 10.9 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 157.905, 1.4 pips away. Further out sit the prior day high at 158.300, 40.9 pips above, and the prior day low at 157.440, 45.1 pips below.

New York closed at 157.910 after trading between 157.905 and 158.300, a range of 39.5 pips over 540 minutes. The prior trading day ran 86.0 pips from 157.440 to 158.300. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 125.7 pips, and the latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Eight scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 22:40 UTC, and our calendar covers up to 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC. The JPY 10-y Bond Auction comes at 03:35 UTC, and over 48 past releases of that family USDJPY moved 4.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.00 in the first 60, in either direction. USD Trade Balance follows at 12:30 UTC, where 51 past releases moved USDJPY 12.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.40 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a change of -16542 on the week, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline, from FXStreet at 22:31 UTC, is graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 157.966, high 157.998, low 157.824, close 157.891: a range of 17.3 pips over 92 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 158.212, high 158.300, low 157.905, close 157.910: a range of 39.5 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.300, low 157.440, close 157.910 on 2026-10-05, a range of 86.0 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 125.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 31st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and JPY8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-06 22:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC.
  7. USDJPY reaction to auction_jpyOver 48 past releases USDJPY moved 4.60 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USDJPY reaction to trade_balance_usdOver 51 past releases USDJPY moved 12.90 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a change of -16542 on the week. That is the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. US Treasury yields scale multi-year highs as inflation fears returnFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  11. JPY 10-y Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-06 03:35 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 3.00|3.3. From Forex Factory.

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