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USDJPY at 157.184, near the top of a 27.8 pip London range

The USD 2-Year Note Auction is due at 17:00 UTC, the first of three releases in the window

USDJPY · London session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 8:30 AM

USDJPY last printed 157.184, inside a London session that has run between 156.927 and 157.206, a range of 27.8 pips. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 157.220, 3.6 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day high at 157.168, 1.6 pips under the last price. Further out sit the round number at 158.000, 81.6 pips above, and the round number at 157.000, 18.4 pips below.

The Asia session ran between 156.652 and 157.220 for a range of 56.8 pips and closed at 157.002. 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 USD 2-Year Note Auction is scheduled for 17:00 UTC at impact 2 of 3. Over 421 past releases of that family, USDJPY moved 5.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.24 in the first 60, in either direction. Two JPY CPI releases follow at 05:00 UTC on 2026-10-27, and over 70 past cpi_jpy releases the pair moved 7.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.78 in the first 60.

Large speculators are net long 69878 contracts, a change of 19671 on the week, which is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for USDJPY, from FXStreet at 08:27 UTC, carries impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, London sessionOpen 157.002, high 157.206, low 156.927, close 157.184: a range of 27.8 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 157.006, high 157.220, low 156.652, close 157.002: a range of 56.8 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  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 421 past releases USDJPY moved 5.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.24 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. USDJPY reaction to cpi_jpyOver 70 past releases USDJPY moved 7.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.78 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. 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.
  9. US Dollar Index Price Forecast: DXY holds bullish bias above 101.50 ahead of FOMCFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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