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USDJPY holds 158.142 after a 31.4 pip Asia range

US PPI, Retail Sales and Unemployment Claims land together at 12:30 UTC

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 14, 2026, 11:05 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.142, inside an Asia session that has run 31.4 pips between 158.038 and 158.352. The nearest level above is the prior week high at 158.512, 37.0 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 158.047, 9.5 pips away.

New York closed at 158.327 after a 90.4 pip range, with a high of 158.950 and a low of 158.047. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 98.2 pips, and the latest day sits at the 42nd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar holds 8 releases of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, starting with Fed Governor Bowman at 02:55 UTC and JPY Revised Industrial Production at 04:30 UTC. Past PPI releases moved USDJPY 12.70 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 17.90 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 62325 contracts, a weekly change of 6885, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for USDJPY is from FXStreet at 23:00 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.282, high 158.352, low 158.038, close 158.142: a range of 31.4 pips over 120 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 158.448, high 158.950, low 158.047, close 158.327: a range of 90.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 98.2 pips. The latest day sits at the 42nd percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for USD and JPY8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-15 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-13 00:00 UTC.
  6. USDJPY reaction to ppi_usdOver 24 past releases USDJPY moved 12.70 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 17.90 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. Euro breaks to a 17-month low as US core inflation beats forecastsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  9. USD PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.6%. Previous 0.4%. From Forex Factory.

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