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USDJPY holds 158.176 in a 12.0 pip Asia range

The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC is the next release graded 3 of 3 for USDJPY

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 10:50 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.176, inside an Asia session that has run 12.0 pips between 158.060 and 158.180. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 158.220, 4.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the session open at 158.124, 5.2 pips away. Further out sit the prior day high at 158.248 and the round number at 158.000.

New York closed at 158.096 after trading 30.7 pips between 157.913 and 158.220. The prior trading day covered 47.8 pips, from 157.770 to 158.248. An ordinary day of the last 14 runs 117.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Five releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 14:30 UTC. The 10-Year Note Auction follows at 17:00 UTC, and past auction_usd releases moved USDJPY 5.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60. The FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 UTC has moved USDJPY 12.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 21.00 in the first 60 across 119 past releases.

Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a weekly change of -16542, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded for USDJPY, FXStreet reported at 18:29 UTC that the FOMC Minutes should shed further detail on the latest Fed decision, and at 18:22 UTC that Fed's Schmid warned the inflation fight has a way to go.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.124, high 158.180, low 158.060, close 158.176: a range of 12.0 pips over 105 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 157.999, high 158.220, low 157.913, close 158.096: a range of 30.7 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.248, low 157.770, close 158.096 on 2026-10-06, a range of 47.8 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 117.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 12th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and JPY5 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 22:50 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  7. USDJPY reaction to auction_usdOver 430 past releases USDJPY moved 5.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USDJPY reaction to fomc_usdOver 119 past releases USDJPY moved 12.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 21.00 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. Forex Today: The FOMC Minutes should shed further detail on the latest Fed decisionFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  11. USD FOMC Meeting MinutesScheduled 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. From Forex Factory.

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