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USDJPY at 157.987, New York range 30.7 pips

Fed Governor Bowman speaks at 14:45 UTC, 69 minutes away

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.987, inside a New York session that has run 30.7 pips between 157.913 and 158.220. The nearest level above is the round number at 158.000, 1.3 pips away, then the previous session high at 158.248, 26.1 pips above. Below sit the previous session low at 157.914, 7.3 pips down, and the prior day low at 157.440, 54.7 pips down.

London closed at 157.999 after a 33.4 pip range, with a high of 158.248 and a low of 157.914. The prior trading day covered 86.0 pips, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 125.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 33rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Three releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the next 24 hours, starting with the Fed Governor Bowman speech at 14:45 UTC, 69 minutes away. The EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook follows at 16:00 UTC and the 3-Year Note Auction at 17:00 UTC. Over 421 past auction_usd releases, USDJPY moved 5.85 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.39 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 55440 contracts, a weekly change of -16542, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded impact 2 for USDJPY, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis published trade data at 12:30 UTC, and FXStreet reported the Yen drifting lower as sustained USD buying offsets intervention fears at 07:26 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 157.999, high 158.220, low 157.913, close 157.987: a range of 30.7 pips over 96 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 158.143, high 158.248, low 157.914, close 157.999: a range of 33.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.300, low 157.440, close 157.910 on 2026-10-05, a range of 86.0 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 125.7 pips. The latest day sits at the 33rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and JPY3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-07 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD EIA Short-Term Energy OutlookScheduled 2026-10-06 16:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USDJPY reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases USDJPY moved 5.85 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.39 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. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  11. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-10-06 14:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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