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USDJPY holds 158.598 in a 7.8 pip New York range

The next scheduled release is the Fed Governor Waller Speech on 2026-10-13 at 07:45 UTC

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 12, 2026, 1:35 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.598, inside a New York session that has run 7.8 pips between 158.574 and 158.651. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 158.642, 4.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior week high at 158.512, 8.6 pips away.

London traded a 27.4 pip range, opening at 158.373 and closing at 158.596. The prior day covered 67.2 pips, while an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 104.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days, a calm day for this market.

One release of impact 2 or 3 is scheduled in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 13:35 UTC, the Fed Governor Waller Speech at 2026-10-13 07:45 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 62325 contracts, a change of 6885 on the week, the 8th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Headlines graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY include a US Dollar consolidation piece at 11:08 UTC and a quiet markets piece at 07:49 UTC.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 158.596, high 158.651, low 158.574, close 158.598: a range of 7.8 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 158.373, high 158.642, low 158.368, close 158.596: a range of 27.4 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.432, low 157.760, close 158.282 on 2026-10-09, a range of 67.2 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 104.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 21st percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD and JPY1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-13 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-11 00:00 UTC.
  7. USD Fed Governor Waller SpeechScheduled 2026-10-13 07:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. 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.
  9. US Dollar: Consolidation at higher levels before CPI – MUFGFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  10. Markets Remain Quiet Ahead of U.S. Inflation DataAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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