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

On 2026-07-15, AUD/USD closed at 0.69765, up 0.84% on the day. It trades at 65.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 50.23 is in the 49th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -1.26% in the 31st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +14.5% of open interest, in the 74th percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.69389 / 0.70613 / 0.68789, with price +0.54% / -1.20% / +1.42% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 4.13% below the high and 8.75% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.426% daily, in the 15th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00503 (50.3 pips), 0.72% of price. It has returned +0.78% over 5 days and -2.51% over 60 days.

=== AUD/USD  (pip 0.0001) ===
  >> close 0.69765  +0.843%
  price & change   (as of 2026-07-15, prior 2026-07-14)
    close       0.69765
    change      +0.00583  (+0.843%, +58.3 pips)
    gap         +0.00589  (+58.9 pips)  (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
  range            (as of 2026-07-15)
    range       0.00259  (25.9 pips)  (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
    close pos   n/a (close 0.6 pips below low — async-close artifact)
  moving averages  (as of 2026-07-15)
     20d MA     0.69389   price above by +0.54%
     50d MA     0.70613   price below by -1.20%
    200d MA     0.68789   price above by +1.42%
    price mixed vs MAs
    stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
  volatility       (as of 2026-07-15)
    20d stdev   0.426% daily ≈ 6.8% annualized (×√252)   (15th pct of own history, since 2006 (5212 obs))
    vs easing-2024 avg  0.72× (0.426% vs 0.591% era avg)
  ATR              (as of 2026-07-15)
    ATR(14)    0.00503  (50.3 pips)
    ATR%        0.72%   (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5218 obs))
    range/ATR   51.5%
  52-week range    (as of 2026-07-15)
    high        0.72774   (-4.13% from high)
    low         0.64150   (+8.75% from low)
  momentum         (as of 2026-07-15)
    RSI(14)     50.23   (49th pct of own history, since 2006 (5218 obs))
  returns          (as of 2026-07-15)
     5d return  +0.78%
    20d return  -1.26%
    60d return  -2.51%
  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      0.5908%
  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 2026-07-15)
    vs DXY      -0.58
    vs S&P 500  +0.33
    vs DXY beta -0.93 (26w)