On 2026-07-17, USD/JPY closed at 162.376, up 0.19% on the day. It trades at 97.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 60.55 is in the 77th percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of +0.67% in the 58th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -22.8% of open interest, in the 24th percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 162.012 / 160.436 / 157.333, with price +0.22% / +1.21% / +3.21% against them. Its 52-week range is 146.217–162.836; it closed 0.28% below the high and 11.05% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.244% daily, in the 2nd percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.69 (69 pips), 0.42% of price. It has returned +0.01% over 5 days and +1.65% over 60 days.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 162.376 +0.188% · 20d vol 0.244% daily (2nd pct, since 1996 (7675 obs))
cross-signal: flow signals align USD/JPY up: daily %, 20d return
price & change (as of 2026-07-17, prior 2026-07-16)
close 162.376
change +0.304 (+0.188%, +30.4 pips)
gap +0.309 (+30.9 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-17)
range 0.320 (32.0 pips)
close pos 71.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-17)
20d MA 162.012 price above by +0.22%
50d MA 160.436 price above by +1.21%
200d MA 157.333 price above by +3.21%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-17)
20d stdev 0.244% daily ≈ 3.9% annualized (×√252) (2nd pct of own history, since 1996 (7675 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.41× (0.244% vs 0.593% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-17)
ATR(14) 0.690 (69.0 pips)
ATR% 0.42% (1st pct of own history, since 1996 (7681 obs))
range/ATR 46.4%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-17)
high 162.836 (-0.28% from high)
low 146.217 (+11.05% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-17)
RSI(14) 60.55 (77th pct of own history, since 1996 (7681 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-17)
5d return +0.01%
20d return +0.67%
60d return +1.65%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.8804% (from 1996-10-30)
ZIRP-2009 0.6396%
tightening-2015 0.5829%
ZIRP-2019 0.4159%
tightening-2022 0.6795%
easing-2024 0.5929%
positioning (as of 2026-07-14)
next COT as of 2026-07-21 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -90,461 contracts (net short JPY; = long USD in USD/JPY terms)
net % OI -22.8%
net%OI range -33.5% … +10.5% (own 133w)
w/w change -378
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-17)
vs DXY +0.54
vs S&P 500 -0.10
vs DXY beta +0.75 (26w)