On 2026-07-20, AUD/USD closed at 0.69791, down 0.29% on the day. It trades at 65.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 50.01 is in the 48th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -0.34% in the 44th 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 0.69365 / 0.70474 / 0.68849, with price +0.61% / -0.97% / +1.37% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 4.10% below the high and 8.79% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.421% daily, in the 14th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.0048 (48 pips), 0.69% of price. It has returned +0.53% over 5 days and -2.30% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69791 -0.290%
price & change (as of 2026-07-20, prior 2026-07-17)
close 0.69791
change -0.00203 (-0.290%, -20.3 pips)
gap -0.00218 (-21.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-20)
range 0.00394 (39.4 pips)
close pos 6.3% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-20)
20d MA 0.69365 price above by +0.61%
50d MA 0.70474 price below by -0.97%
200d MA 0.68849 price above by +1.37%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-20)
20d stdev 0.421% daily ≈ 6.7% annualized (×√252) (14th pct of own history, since 2006 (5215 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.71× (0.421% vs 0.590% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-20)
ATR(14) 0.00480 (48.0 pips)
ATR% 0.69% (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5221 obs))
range/ATR 82.1%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-20)
high 0.72774 (-4.10% from high)
low 0.64150 (+8.79% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-20)
RSI(14) 50.01 (48th pct of own history, since 2006 (5221 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-20)
5d return +0.53%
20d return -0.34%
60d return -2.30%
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 0.5898%
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 2026-07-20)
vs DXY -0.54
vs S&P 500 +0.34
vs DXY beta -0.92 (26w)