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USDJPY holds 158.602 in a 10.6 pip Asia range

Existing Home Sales at 14:00 UTC is the next release, graded impact 3 of 3

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:35 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.602, inside an Asia session that has run 10.6 pips between 158.580 and 158.686. The nearest level above is the session open at 158.615, 1.3 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 158.574, 2.8 pips away.

New York closed at 158.615 after a range of 18.0 pips between 158.574 and 158.753. The prior trading day ran 67.6 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 102.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days, which is a calm day for this market.

The calendar holds 4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with a Fed Governor Waller speech at 07:45 UTC. Existing Home Sales follows at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of 3.95M against a previous 3.98M, and past housing_usd releases moved USDJPY 8.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.99 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net long 62325 contracts, a change of 6885 on the week and the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3 and published at 19:08 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.615, high 158.686, low 158.580, close 158.602: a range of 10.6 pips over 91 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 158.596, high 158.753, low 158.574, close 158.615: a range of 18.0 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 102.1 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 JPY4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 22:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDJPY reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases USDJPY moved 8.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.99 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. Gold tumbles as Oil shock fuels US Dollar rally and Fed hike betsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Existing Home SalesScheduled 2026-10-13 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 3.95M. Previous 3.98M. From Forex Factory.

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