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USDJPY holds 158.540 after an 8.0 pip Asia range

US housing data at 12:30 UTC is the next scheduled release in our calendar window

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 11:05 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.540, inside an Asia session that has run 8.0 pips between 158.474 and 158.554. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 158.554, 1.4 pips away, with the prior week high at 158.950 and the round number at 159.000 further up. Below sit the session open at 158.507, 3.3 pips down, then the previous session low at 158.221, 31.9 pips down.

The New York session ran 33.2 pips between 158.221 and 158.554 and closed at 158.500. The prior trading day covered 85.6 pips, from 157.698 to 158.554. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 85.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which the volatility source calls an ordinary day for this market.

Housing Starts, Building Permits and Housing Starts m/m are all scheduled for 2026-10-20 at 12:30 UTC, with Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC. Over 116 past housing_usd releases, USDJPY moved 8.70 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.00 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 50207 contracts, a change of -12118 on the week and the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for USDJPY, published at 22:58 UTC at impact 2 of 3, concerns the Australian Dollar and China GDP.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 158.507, high 158.554, low 158.474, close 158.540: a range of 8.0 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 158.233, high 158.554, low 158.221, close 158.500: a range of 33.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.554, low 157.698, close 158.500 on 2026-10-19, a range of 85.6 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 85.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 38th 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 JPY4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.
  7. USDJPY reaction to housing_usdOver 116 past releases USDJPY moved 8.70 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 50207 contracts, a change of -12118 on the week. That is the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Australian Dollar eyes 0.70 as China GDP surprise powers rallyFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  10. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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