AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily

On 2026-07-09, AUD/USD closed at 0.69363, up 0.20% on the day. It trades at 60.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 41.75 is in the 25th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -0.83% in the 36th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +14.5% of open interest, in the 74th percentile of its own two-year range.

=== AUD/USD  (pip 0.0001) ===
  >> close 0.69363  +0.198%
  price & change   (as of 2026-07-09, prior 2026-07-08)
    close       0.69363
    change      +0.00137  (+0.198%, +13.7 pips)
    gap         +0.00141  (+14.1 pips)  (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
  range            (as of 2026-07-09)
    range       0.00204  (20.4 pips)
    close pos   50.5% of range
  moving averages  (as of 2026-07-09)
     20d MA     0.69629   price below by -0.38%
     50d MA     0.70813   price below by -2.05%
    200d MA     0.68720   price above by +0.94%
    price mixed vs MAs
    stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
  volatility       (as of 2026-07-09)
    20d stdev   0.423% daily ≈ 6.7% annualized (×√252)   (15th pct of own history, since 2006 (5208 obs))
    vs easing-2024 avg  0.72× (0.423% vs 0.592% era avg)
  ATR              (as of 2026-07-09)
    ATR(14)    0.00476  (47.6 pips)
    ATR%        0.69%   (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5214 obs))
    range/ATR   42.8%
  52-week range    (as of 2026-07-09)
    high        0.72774   (-4.69% from high)
    low         0.64150   (+8.13% from low)
  momentum         (as of 2026-07-09)
    RSI(14)     41.75   (25th pct of own history, since 2006 (5214 obs))
  returns          (as of 2026-07-09)
     5d return  +0.64%
    20d return  -0.83%
    60d return  -3.34%
  volatility by rate-era
    pre-crisis       1.1769%   (from 2006-05-16)
    ZIRP-2009        0.7987%
    tightening-2015  0.5802%
    ZIRP-2019        0.6137%
    tightening-2022  0.7486%
    easing-2024      0.5915%
  positioning      (as of 2026-07-07)
    next COT     as of 2026-07-14 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
    net         +29,683 contracts (net long AUD)
    net % OI    +14.5%
    net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 132w)
    w/w change  -2,094
  cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude)  (as of 2026-07-09)
    vs DXY      -0.58
    vs S&P 500  +0.33
    vs DXY beta -0.93 (26w)