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USDJPY at 158.166, London range 37.3 pips

Eight impact-2 releases sit in the next 24 hours, the first at 14:00 UTC

USDJPY · London session · Published Oct 9, 2026, 9:15 AM

USDJPY last traded at 158.166, inside a London session that has run between 158.050 and 158.424, a range of 37.3 pips. The nearest level above is the session open at 158.212, 4.6 pips away, then the Asia session high at 158.258, 9.2 pips above. Below sit the round number at 158.000, 16.6 pips down, and the Asia session low at 157.760, 40.6 pips below.

Asia traded between 157.760 and 158.258, a range of 49.8 pips, and closed at 158.212. The prior trading day ran 85.7 pips from 157.514 to 158.371. An ordinary day over the last 14 covers 106.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 34th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled release is USD Michigan Consumer Expectations at 14:00 UTC, forecast 42.6 against a previous 46.3. USDJPY has moved 11.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes after inflation expectations releases and 16.70 pips in the first 60, in either direction, over 49 past releases. Consumer sentiment releases have produced 11.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.80 in the first 60, over 74 past releases.

Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a weekly change of -16542, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The Bank of Japan headline on the Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability is graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, London sessionOpen 158.212, high 158.424, low 158.050, close 158.166: a range of 37.3 pips over 135 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 157.847, high 158.258, low 157.760, close 158.212: a range of 49.8 pips over 585 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.371, low 157.514, close 157.886 on 2026-10-08, a range of 85.7 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 106.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 34th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Michigan Consumer ExpectationsScheduled 2026-10-09 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 42.6. Previous 46.3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. USDJPY reaction to inflation_expectations_usdOver 49 past releases USDJPY moved 11.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 16.70 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USDJPY reaction to sentiment_usdOver 74 past releases USDJPY moved 11.10 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  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. Twenty-fifth Meeting of the "Council for Cooperation on Financial Stability"Bank of Japan. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  11. Economic calendar for USD and JPY8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-10 09:15 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-08 00:00 UTC.

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