On 2026-07-21, AUD/USD closed at 0.70008, up 0.31% on the day. It trades at 67.9% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 53.44 is in the 59th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +0.09% in the 50th 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 0.69368 / 0.70425 / 0.68871, with price +0.92% / -0.59% / +1.65% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.80% below the high and 9.13% 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 0.00481 (48.1 pips), 0.69% of price. It has returned +1.19% over 5 days and -2.64% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70008 +0.311%
price & change (as of 2026-07-21, prior 2026-07-20)
close 0.70008
change +0.00217 (+0.311%, +21.7 pips)
gap +0.00216 (+21.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-21)
range 0.00314 (31.4 pips)
close pos 10.2% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-21)
20d MA 0.69368 price above by +0.92%
50d MA 0.70425 price below by -0.59%
200d MA 0.68871 price above by +1.65%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-21)
20d stdev 0.426% daily ≈ 6.8% annualized (×√252) (15th pct of own history, since 2006 (5216 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.72× (0.426% vs 0.590% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-21)
ATR(14) 0.00481 (48.1 pips)
ATR% 0.69% (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5222 obs))
range/ATR 65.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-21)
high 0.72774 (-3.80% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.13% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-21)
RSI(14) 53.44 (59th pct of own history, since 2006 (5222 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-21)
5d return +1.19%
20d return +0.09%
60d return -2.64%
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 0.5895%
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 2026-07-21)
vs DXY -0.54
vs S&P 500 +0.34
vs DXY beta -0.92 (26w)