On 2026-07-16, AUD/USD closed at 0.70081, up 0.45% on the day. It trades at 68.8% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 54.93 is in the 64th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -0.15% in the 47th 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 0.69383 / 0.70567 / 0.68808, with price +1.01% / -0.69% / +1.85% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.70% below the high and 9.25% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.416% daily, in the 13th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00493 (49.3 pips), 0.70% of price. It has returned +1.04% over 5 days and -2.09% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70081 +0.453%
price & change (as of 2026-07-16, prior 2026-07-15)
close 0.70081
change +0.00316 (+0.453%, +31.6 pips)
gap +0.00331 (+33.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-16)
range 0.00250 (25.0 pips)
close pos 83.2% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-16)
20d MA 0.69383 price above by +1.01%
50d MA 0.70567 price below by -0.69%
200d MA 0.68808 price above by +1.85%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-16)
20d stdev 0.416% daily ≈ 6.6% annualized (×√252) (13th pct of own history, since 2006 (5213 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.70× (0.416% vs 0.591% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-16)
ATR(14) 0.00493 (49.3 pips)
ATR% 0.70% (7th pct of own history, since 2006 (5219 obs))
range/ATR 50.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-16)
high 0.72774 (-3.70% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.25% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-16)
RSI(14) 54.93 (64th pct of own history, since 2006 (5219 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-16)
5d return +1.04%
20d return -0.15%
60d return -2.09%
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 0.5906%
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 2026-07-16)
vs DXY -0.59
vs S&P 500 +0.32
vs DXY beta -0.94 (26w)