On 2026-07-31, AUD/USD closed at 0.70252, up 0.95% on the day. It trades at 70.8% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 57.11 is in the 71st percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.58% in the 71st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +12.0% of open interest, in the 69th percentile of its own two-year range. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.69709 / 0.70121 / 0.69066, with price +0.78% / +0.19% / +1.72% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.47% below the high and 9.51% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.385% daily, in the 9th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00513 (51.3 pips), 0.73% of price. It has returned +0.83% over 5 days and -2.54% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70252 +0.947%
price & change (as of 2026-07-31, prior 2026-07-30)
close 0.70252
change +0.00659 (+0.947%, +65.9 pips)
gap +0.00668 (+66.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-31)
range 0.00513 (51.3 pips)
close pos 63.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-31)
20d MA 0.69709 price above by +0.78%
50d MA 0.70121 price above by +0.19%
200d MA 0.69066 price above by +1.72%
price > all MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-31)
20d stdev 0.385% daily ≈ 6.1% annualized (×√252) (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5224 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.65× (0.385% vs 0.588% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-31)
ATR(14) 0.00513 (51.3 pips)
ATR% 0.73% (10th pct of own history, since 2006 (5230 obs))
range/ATR 99.9%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-31)
high 0.72774 (-3.47% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.51% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-31)
RSI(14) 57.11 (71st pct of own history, since 2006 (5230 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-31)
5d return +0.83%
20d return +1.58%
60d return -2.54%
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 0.5876%
positioning (as of 2026-07-28) (predates 2026-07-29 FOMC)
next COT as of 2026-08-04 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +27,618 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +12.0%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 135w)
w/w change +2,830
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-31)
vs DXY -0.52
vs S&P 500 +0.39
vs DXY beta -0.74 (26w)