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USDJPY holds 158.122 in a 31.3 pip Asia range

No release of impact 2 or 3 is scheduled in the next 24 hours

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 12:55 AM

USDJPY last traded at 158.122, inside an Asia session that has run from 158.242 open to a 158.408 high and a 158.094 low, a range of 31.3 pips. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 158.432, 31 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 158.000, 12.2 pips away.

The prior trading day closed at 158.282 after a 67.2 pip range between 157.760 and 158.432. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 104.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Our calendar shows no scheduled release of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 00:55 UTC, and it covers this whole window. Large speculators are net long 62325 contracts, a change of 6885 on the week, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for USDJPY is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 2026-10-12 00:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.242, high 158.408, low 158.094, close 158.122: a range of 31.3 pips over 230 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, previous trading dayHigh 158.432, low 157.760, close 158.282 on 2026-10-09, a range of 67.2 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 104.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for USD and JPY0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 00:55 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  6. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 62325 contracts, a change of 6885 on the week. That is the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  7. MUFG: US CPI seen at 3.6%, core must surprise to revive an October Fed hikeinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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