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USDJPY holds 158.204 in a 16.6 pip London range

Initial Jobless Claims at 12:30 UTC is the next release, impact 3 of 3

USDJPY · London session · Published Oct 8, 2026, 8:35 AM

USDJPY last traded at 158.204, inside a London session that has run 16.6 pips between 158.104 and 158.269. The nearest level above is the session open at 158.216, 1.2 pips away, then the Asia high at 158.288, 8.4 pips above. Below sit the round number at 158.000, 20.4 pips down, and the prior day low at 157.850, 35.4 pips below.

Asia traded 70.2 pips between 157.585 and 158.288 and closed at 158.216. The prior trading day covered 66.1 pips, from 157.850 to 158.512. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 115.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Initial Jobless Claims is scheduled for 12:30 UTC at impact 3 of 3, with a forecast of 190 K and a previous 197 K. Over 97 past jobless claims releases USDJPY moved 14.93 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 19.33 in the first 60, in either direction. The 30-Year Bond Auction follows at 17:00 UTC at impact 3 of 3.

Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a change of -16542 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 08:07 UTC by FXStreet on the Pound against the Yen.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, London sessionOpen 158.216, high 158.269, low 158.104, close 158.204: a range of 16.6 pips over 95 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, Asia sessionOpen 158.060, high 158.288, low 157.585, close 158.216: a range of 70.2 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.512, low 157.850, close 158.078 on 2026-10-07, a range of 66.1 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 115.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 43 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Initial Jobless ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-08 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 190 K. Previous 197 K. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USDJPY reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 97 past releases USDJPY moved 14.93 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 19.33 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD 30-Year Bond AuctionScheduled 2026-10-08 17:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Previous 5.308%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a change of -16542 on the week. That is the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. British Pound bounces off weekly low vs fragile Yen; intervention risks cap upsideFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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