On 2026-08-11, AUD/USD closed at 0.70553, down 0.12% on the day. It trades at 74.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 57.55 is in the 72nd percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.98% in the 76th 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 0.70081 / 0.69953 / 0.6924, with price +0.67% / +0.86% / +1.90% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.6415–0.72774; it closed 3.05% below the high and 9.98% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.433% daily, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00497 (49.7 pips), 0.70% of price. It has returned +0.82% over 5 days and -1.64% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70553 -0.116%
price & change (as of 2026-08-11, prior 2026-08-10)
close 0.70553
change -0.00082 (-0.116%, -8.2 pips)
gap -0.00078 (-7.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-11)
range 0.00287 (28.7 pips)
close pos 44.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-11)
20d MA 0.70081 price above by +0.67%
50d MA 0.69953 price above by +0.86%
200d MA 0.69240 price above by +1.90%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-11)
20d stdev 0.433% daily ≈ 6.9% annualized (×√252) (17th pct of own history, since 2006 (5231 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.74× (0.433% vs 0.586% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-11)
ATR(14) 0.00497 (49.7 pips)
ATR% 0.70% (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5237 obs))
range/ATR 57.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-11)
high 0.72774 (-3.05% from high)
low 0.64150 (+9.98% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-11)
RSI(14) 57.55 (72nd pct of own history, since 2006 (5237 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-11)
5d return +0.82%
20d return +1.98%
60d return -1.64%
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 0.5863%
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 2026-08-11)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.51
vs DXY beta -0.59 (26w)