On 2026-08-05, AUD/USD closed at 0.70467, up 0.70% on the day. It trades at 73.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 57.96 is in the 73rd percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.79% in the 74th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +12.0% of open interest, at 69% of its own two-year positioning range. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.69847 / 0.7004 / 0.69143, with price +0.89% / +0.61% / +1.91% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.17% below the high and 9.85% 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 0.00531 (53.1 pips), 0.75% of price. It has returned +1.03% over 5 days and -2.64% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70467 +0.702%
price & change (as of 2026-08-05, prior 2026-08-04)
close 0.70467
change +0.00491 (+0.702%, +49.1 pips)
gap +0.00493 (+49.3 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-05)
range 0.00244 (24.4 pips)
close pos 25.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-05)
20d MA 0.69847 price above by +0.89%
50d MA 0.70040 price above by +0.61%
200d MA 0.69143 price above by +1.91%
price > all MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-05)
20d stdev 0.426% daily ≈ 6.8% annualized (×√252) (15th pct of own history, since 2006 (5227 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.72× (0.426% vs 0.588% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-05)
ATR(14) 0.00531 (53.1 pips)
ATR% 0.75% (12th pct of own history, since 2006 (5233 obs))
range/ATR 45.9%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-05)
high 0.72774 (-3.17% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.85% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-05)
RSI(14) 57.96 (73rd pct of own history, since 2006 (5233 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-05)
5d return +1.03%
20d return +1.79%
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 0.5876%
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 2026-08-05)
vs DXY -0.51
vs S&P 500 +0.39
vs DXY beta -0.69 (26w)