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USDJPY at 157.452, 25.2 pips wide in New York so far

The 2-Year Note Auction is due at 17:00 UTC, the next release in a covered window

USDJPY · New York session · Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:30 PM

USDJPY last traded at 157.452, inside a New York session that has run 25.2 pips between 157.246 and 157.497. The nearest level above is the round number at 158.000, 54.8 pips away, and the nearest below is the round number at 157.000, 45.2 pips away. The session open at 157.441 sits 1.1 pips below the last price.

London ran 51.8 pips between 156.927 and 157.445 and closed at 157.440. The prior trading day covered 109.2 pips, from 156.075 to 157.168. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 81.4 pips, and the latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The 2-Year Note Auction is scheduled for 17:00 UTC at impact 2 of 3. Over 421 past releases of that family, USDJPY moved 5.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.24 in the first 60, in either direction. The calendar lists 7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-27 13:30 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 69878 contracts, a change of 19671 on the week, the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The most recent headline graded for USDJPY, from FXStreet at 12:26 UTC, carries impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY, New York sessionOpen 157.441, high 157.497, low 157.246, close 157.452: a range of 25.2 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 price from our feedLast one-minute close 157.452 at 2026-10-26 13:30 UTC, from our own candles.
  4. USDJPY, London sessionOpen 157.002, high 157.445, low 156.927, close 157.440: a range of 51.8 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. USDJPY, previous trading dayHigh 157.168, low 156.075, close 156.858 on 2026-10-23, a range of 109.2 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  6. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 81.4 pips. The latest day sits at the 60th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  7. USD 2-Year Note AuctionScheduled 2026-10-26 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 4.787%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  8. USDJPY reaction to auction_usdOver 421 past releases USDJPY moved 5.83 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 10.24 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. Economic calendar for USD and JPY7 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-27 13:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-25 00:00 UTC.
  10. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 69878 contracts, a change of 19671 on the week. That is the 4th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  11. Australian Dollar: Inflation data to bolster yield edge – BBHFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for USDJPY by our headline classifier.

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