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USDJPY within the New York session range

Fed Governor Bowman Speech is scheduled at 15:00 UTC.

USDJPY · New York session · Published Sep 29, 2026, 2:25 PM

USDJPY is 157.382 within the New York range from 156.980 to 157.536, a span of 55.5 pips. The nearest level above is the previous session high, 33.4 pips above; below is the session open, 21.6 pips below.

The London session fell from 157.474 to 157.166 over 58.4 pips. An ordinary day covers 134.5 pips; the latest day was at the 64th percentile of the last 42 days, which the source describes as an ordinary day for this market.

Fed Governor Bowman Speech is scheduled at 15:00 UTC; JPY Retail Sales m/m follows at 23:50 UTC. Across 24 past JPY Retail Sales m/m releases, USDJPY moved an average of 8.63 pips in the first 15 minutes and 14.52 pips in the first 60, in either direction.

COT positioning shows large speculators net long 71982 contracts, a weekly change of -48377, at the 2.00 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest-graded USDJPY headline is an FXStreet item on Australian Dollar gains after the RBA rate decision, graded 3 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 157.166, high 157.536, low 156.980, close 157.382: a range of 55.5 pips over 145 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, London sessionOpen 157.474, high 157.716, low 157.132, close 157.166: a range of 58.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 134.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 64th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-09-29 15:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USDJPY reaction to retail_sales_jpyOver 24 past releases USDJPY moved 8.63 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 14.52 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 71982 contracts, a change of -48377 on the week. That is the 2th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Australian Dollar gains as RBA hikes interest rates by 25 bps to 4.6%FXStreet. Graded impact 3 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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