On 2026-08-03, AUD/USD closed at 0.70459, up 0.29% on the day. It trades at 73.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 59.95 is in the 79th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.57% 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 0.69764 / 0.70099 / 0.69093, with price +1.00% / +0.51% / +1.98% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.18% below the high and 9.83% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.384% daily, in the 9th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00523 (52.3 pips), 0.74% of price. It has returned +0.74% over 5 days and -2.64% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70459 +0.295%
price & change (as of 2026-08-03, prior 2026-07-31)
close 0.70459
change +0.00207 (+0.295%, +20.7 pips)
gap +0.00185 (+18.5 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-03)
range 0.00649 (64.9 pips)
close pos 94.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-03)
20d MA 0.69764 price above by +1.00%
50d MA 0.70099 price above by +0.51%
200d MA 0.69093 price above by +1.98%
price > all MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-03)
20d stdev 0.384% daily ≈ 6.1% annualized (×√252) (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5225 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.65× (0.384% vs 0.587% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-03)
ATR(14) 0.00523 (52.3 pips)
ATR% 0.74% (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5231 obs))
range/ATR 124.1%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-03)
high 0.72774 (-3.18% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.83% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-03)
RSI(14) 59.95 (79th pct of own history, since 2006 (5231 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-03)
5d return +0.74%
20d return +1.57%
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 0.5873%
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 2026-08-03)
vs DXY -0.51
vs S&P 500 +0.40
vs DXY beta -0.69 (26w)