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USDJPY at 156.892, 30.4 pips below the Asia session open

A USD 2-Year Note Auction is scheduled for 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3

USDJPY · Asia session · Published Oct 25, 2026, 11:00 PM

USDJPY last traded at 156.892, inside an Asia session range of 30.4 pips between 156.786 and 157.091. The nearest level above is the session open at 157.006, 11.4 pips away, with the round number at 157.000 just 10.8 pips above price; the prior day high sits 27.6 pips higher at 157.168.

The previous trading day closed at 156.858 after a range of 109.2 pips between 156.075 and 157.168. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 81.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The calendar lists one release of impact 2 or 3 in the next 24 hours, the USD 2-Year Note Auction at 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, with a previous result of 4.787%. Over 440 past releases of this family, USDJPY moved 5.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.40 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 69878 contracts, a change of 19671 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The one headline graded for USDJPY, from investingLive at 2026-10-25 20:42 UTC, carries impact 1 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 157.006, high 157.091, low 156.786, close 156.892: a range of 30.4 pips over 115 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 157.168, low 156.075, close 156.858 on 2026-10-23, a range of 109.2 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 81.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USDJPY reaction to auction_usdOver 440 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.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 69878 contracts, a change of 19671 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Weekend - China warns of countermeasures as US Treasury widens tech investment curbs to biotechinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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