On 2026-08-06, AUD/USD closed at 0.70573, up 0.15% on the day. It trades at 74.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 59.24 is in the 77th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.74% in the 73rd 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 0.69907 / 0.70025 / 0.69168, with price +0.95% / +0.78% / +2.03% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.02% below the high and 10.01% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.425% daily, in the 15th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00519 (51.9 pips), 0.73% of price. It has returned +1.41% over 5 days and -2.73% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70573 +0.150%
price & change (as of 2026-08-06, prior 2026-08-05)
close 0.70573
change +0.00106 (+0.150%, +10.6 pips)
gap +0.00093 (+9.3 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-06)
range 0.00354 (35.4 pips)
close pos 86.4% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-06)
20d MA 0.69907 price above by +0.95%
50d MA 0.70025 price above by +0.78%
200d MA 0.69168 price above by +2.03%
price > all MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-06)
20d stdev 0.425% daily ≈ 6.7% annualized (×√252) (15th pct of own history, since 2006 (5228 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.72× (0.425% vs 0.587% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-06)
ATR(14) 0.00519 (51.9 pips)
ATR% 0.73% (10th pct of own history, since 2006 (5234 obs))
range/ATR 68.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-06)
high 0.72774 (-3.02% from high)
low 0.64150 (+10.01% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-06)
RSI(14) 59.24 (77th pct of own history, since 2006 (5234 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-06)
5d return +1.41%
20d return +1.74%
60d return -2.73%
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 0.5872%
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 2026-08-06)
vs DXY -0.51
vs S&P 500 +0.40
vs DXY beta -0.69 (26w)