On 2026-07-17, AUD/USD closed at 0.69994, down 0.12% on the day. It trades at 67.8% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 53.43 is in the 59th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -0.20% in the 46th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +13.1% of open interest, in the 72nd percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.69377 / 0.70525 / 0.68829, with price +0.89% / -0.75% / +1.69% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.82% below the high and 9.11% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.417% daily, in the 14th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00486 (48.6 pips), 0.69% of price. It has returned +0.79% over 5 days and -1.83% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69994 -0.124%
price & change (as of 2026-07-17, prior 2026-07-16)
close 0.69994
change -0.00087 (-0.124%, -8.7 pips)
gap -0.00077 (-7.7 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-17)
range 0.00334 (33.4 pips)
close pos 94.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-17)
20d MA 0.69377 price above by +0.89%
50d MA 0.70525 price below by -0.75%
200d MA 0.68829 price above by +1.69%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-17)
20d stdev 0.417% daily ≈ 6.6% annualized (×√252) (14th pct of own history, since 2006 (5214 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.71× (0.417% vs 0.590% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-17)
ATR(14) 0.00486 (48.6 pips)
ATR% 0.69% (7th pct of own history, since 2006 (5220 obs))
range/ATR 68.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-17)
high 0.72774 (-3.82% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.11% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-17)
RSI(14) 53.43 (59th pct of own history, since 2006 (5220 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-17)
5d return +0.79%
20d return -0.20%
60d return -1.83%
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 0.5902%
positioning (as of 2026-07-14)
next COT as of 2026-07-21 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +27,222 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +13.1%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 133w)
w/w change -2,461
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-17)
vs DXY -0.59
vs S&P 500 +0.31
vs DXY beta -0.94 (26w)