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USDJPY at 157.912, 33.2 pips down from the New York open

US Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 24 minutes away

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:35 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.912, near the bottom of a New York session that has run between 158.173 and 157.840, a range of 33.2 pips. The nearest level above is the round number at 158.000, 8.8 pips away, then the previous session low at 158.036, 12.4 pips above. Below sit the prior day low at 157.698, 21.4 pips down, and the prior week low at 157.546, 36.6 pips down.

The London session ran 19.6 pips between 158.232 and 158.036 and closed at 158.148. The prior trading day covered 85.6 pips, from 157.698 to 158.554. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 85.3 pips, and the latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Pending Home Sales m/m is scheduled for 14:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.6% and a previous of 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family, USDJPY moved 8.48 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 13.97 in the first 60, in either direction. Three JPY releases follow at 23:50 UTC, among them Trade Balance with a forecast of -0.26T.

Large speculators are net long 50207 contracts, a change of -12118 on the week, the 14th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among the headlines graded 2 of 3 for USDJPY, FXStreet reported at 07:36 UTC that the BoJ is expected to leave rates steady and raise its inflation forecast at the October meeting.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 158.148, high 158.173, low 157.840, close 157.912: a range of 33.2 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 158.144, high 158.232, low 158.036, close 158.148: a range of 19.6 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 158.554, low 157.698, close 158.500 on 2026-10-19, a range of 85.6 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 85.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 38th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  7. 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.
  8. JPY Trade BalanceScheduled 2026-10-20 23:50 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.26T. Previous -0.84T. From Forex Factory.
  9. 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.
  10. BoJ to leave rates steady, raise inflation forecast in October meeting – ReutersFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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