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USDJPY at 157.724, London range 37.5 pips

Eight USD releases of impact 2 or 3 land at 12:30 UTC, 239 minutes away

USDJPY · London session · Published Oct 15, 2026, 8:30 AM

USDJPY last traded at 157.724, inside a London session that has run 37.5 pips between 158.051 and 157.676. The nearest level above is the round number at 158.000, 27.6 pips away, then the previous session high at 158.352, 62.8 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 157.582, 14.2 pips down, and the prior week low at 157.440, 28.4 pips down.

Asia traded 77.0 pips between 158.352 and 157.582 and closed at 157.941, while the prior day ran 90.4 pips from 158.047 to 158.950. An ordinary day of 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 next scheduled risk is a cluster of USD releases at 12:30 UTC, 239 minutes from now, led by Core PPI m/m, Core Retail Sales m/m, Philly Fed Manufacturing Index, PPI m/m, Retail Sales m/m and Unemployment Claims, all impact 3 of 3. Past PPI releases moved USDJPY 13.41 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 18.35 in the first 60, in either direction, over 22 samples.

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 this instrument is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 07:44 UTC by FXStreet on the US Dollar giving back CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slump.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, London sessionOpen 157.941, high 158.051, low 157.676, close 157.724: a range of 37.5 pips over 91 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 158.282, high 158.352, low 157.582, close 157.941: a range of 77.0 pips over 595 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. USD Core PPI m/mScheduled 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 0.3%. Previous 0.2%. From Forex Factory.
  6. USDJPY reaction to ppi_usdOver 22 past releases USDJPY moved 13.41 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 18.35 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. Forex Today: US Dollar erases CPI-inspired gains as bond yields slumpFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for USD and JPY8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-16 08:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-14 00:00 UTC.

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