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USDJPY at 158.298, 17.8 pips of New York range so far

Three USD housing releases are scheduled for 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, 1379 minutes away

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 1:30 PM

USDJPY last traded at 158.298, near the top of a New York session that has run 17.8 pips between 158.221 and 158.398. The nearest level above is the prior day high at 158.342, 4.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the previous session high at 158.280, 1.8 pips below.

London ran 40.0 pips between 157.880 and 158.280 and closed at 158.233, and the prior trading day covered 64.8 pips. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 84.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market.

Housing Starts m/m, Building Permits and Housing Starts are all scheduled for 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC at impact 2 of 3. Over 112 past housing_usd releases USDJPY moved 8.48 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.97 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 50207 contracts, a change of -12118 on the week and the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The Japanese Yen headline on BoJ's Ueda, published at 06:52 UTC, is graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 158.233, high 158.398, low 158.221, close 158.298: a range of 17.8 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, London sessionOpen 157.929, high 158.280, low 157.880, close 158.233: a range of 40.0 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 84.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 14th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a calm day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USDJPY reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases USDJPY moved 8.48 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.97 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 50207 contracts, a change of -12118 on the week. That is the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Japanese Yen holds steady near 158.00 as BoJ's Ueda says underlying inflation close to targetFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for USD and JPY3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 13:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.

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