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USDJPY at 157.454, New York range 76.9 pips

USD Factory Orders m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 29 minutes away

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.454, inside a New York session that has run between 156.948 and 157.717, a range of 76.9 pips. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 157.924, 47 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session low at 157.473, 1.9 pips away.

London closed at 157.686 after trading between 157.473 and 157.924, a range of 45.0 pips. The prior day ran 122.6 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 129.6 pips, with the latest day at the 64th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

USD Factory Orders m/m is scheduled for 14:00 UTC, with a forecast of 0.1% and a previous reading of 0.9%. Over 46 past releases of that family, USDJPY moved 12.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 20.68 pips in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 71982 contracts, a change of -48377 on the week, the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The Bank of Japan headline on Average Contract Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts is graded impact 3 of 3 for USDJPY, published at 2026-10-01 23:50 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 157.686, high 157.717, low 156.948, close 157.454: a range of 76.9 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, London sessionOpen 157.828, high 157.924, low 157.473, close 157.686: a range of 45.0 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.456, low 157.230, close 158.077 on 2026-10-01, a range of 122.6 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 129.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 64th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Factory Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-02 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.1%. Previous 0.9%. From Forex Factory.
  7. USDJPY reaction to durable_goods_usdOver 46 past releases USDJPY moved 12.55 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 20.68 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 71982 contracts, a change of -48377 on the week. That is the 2nd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Average Contract Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts (Aug.)Bank of Japan. Graded impact 3 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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