On 2026-08-07, AUD/USD closed at 0.70334, down 0.34% on the day. It trades at 71.7% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 55.16 is in the 65th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.28% in the 67th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +16.9% of open interest, at 79% 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 0.69952 / 0.69999 / 0.6919, with price +0.55% / +0.48% / +1.65% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.35% below the high and 9.64% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.436% daily, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.0052 (52 pips), 0.74% of price. It has returned +0.12% over 5 days and -2.51% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70334 -0.339%
price & change (as of 2026-08-07, prior 2026-08-06)
close 0.70334
change -0.00239 (-0.339%, -23.9 pips)
gap -0.00253 (-25.3 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-07)
range 0.00538 (53.8 pips)
close pos 18.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-07)
20d MA 0.69952 price above by +0.55%
50d MA 0.69999 price above by +0.48%
200d MA 0.69190 price above by +1.65%
price > all MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-07)
20d stdev 0.436% daily ≈ 6.9% annualized (×√252) (17th pct of own history, since 2006 (5229 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.74× (0.436% vs 0.587% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-07)
ATR(14) 0.00520 (52.0 pips)
ATR% 0.74% (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5235 obs))
range/ATR 103.5%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-07)
high 0.72774 (-3.35% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.64% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-07)
RSI(14) 55.16 (65th pct of own history, since 2006 (5235 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-07)
5d return +0.12%
20d return +1.28%
60d return -2.51%
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 0.5869%
positioning (as of 2026-08-04)
next COT as of 2026-08-11 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +40,637 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +16.9%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 136w)
w/w change +13,019
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-07)
vs DXY -0.51
vs S&P 500 +0.38
vs DXY beta -0.69 (26w)