On 2026-08-10, AUD/USD closed at 0.70635, up 0.43% on the day. It trades at 75.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.99 is in the 76th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.75% in the 73rd 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 0.70012 / 0.69975 / 0.69215, with price +0.89% / +0.94% / +2.05% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 2.94% below the high and 10.11% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.442% daily, in the 18th 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 +0.25% over 5 days and -0.94% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70635 +0.428%
price & change (as of 2026-08-10, prior 2026-08-07)
close 0.70635
change +0.00301 (+0.428%, +30.1 pips)
gap +0.00288 (+28.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-10)
range 0.00209 (20.9 pips)
close pos 44.5% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-10)
20d MA 0.70012 price above by +0.89%
50d MA 0.69975 price above by +0.94%
200d MA 0.69215 price above by +2.05%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-10)
20d stdev 0.442% daily ≈ 7.0% annualized (×√252) (18th pct of own history, since 2006 (5230 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.75× (0.442% vs 0.587% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-10)
ATR(14) 0.00513 (51.3 pips)
ATR% 0.73% (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5236 obs))
range/ATR 40.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-10)
high 0.72774 (-2.94% from high)
low 0.64150 (+10.11% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-10)
RSI(14) 58.99 (76th pct of own history, since 2006 (5236 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-10)
5d return +0.25%
20d return +1.75%
60d return -0.94%
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 0.5867%
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 2026-08-10)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.51
vs DXY beta -0.59 (26w)