On 2026-08-12, AUD/USD closed at 0.7064, up 0.12% on the day. It trades at 75.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.70 is in the 75th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.25% in the 66th 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 0.70125 / 0.69931 / 0.69266, with price +0.73% / +1.01% / +1.98% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64156–0.72774; it closed 2.93% below the high and 10.11% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.397% daily, in the 11th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00487 (48.7 pips), 0.69% of price. It has returned +0.25% over 5 days and -0.60% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70640 +0.123%
price & change (as of 2026-08-12, prior 2026-08-11)
close 0.70640
change +0.00087 (+0.123%, +8.7 pips)
gap +0.00085 (+8.5 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-12)
range 0.00363 (36.3 pips)
close pos 26.2% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-12)
20d MA 0.70125 price above by +0.73%
50d MA 0.69931 price above by +1.01%
200d MA 0.69266 price above by +1.98%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-12)
20d stdev 0.397% daily ≈ 6.3% annualized (×√252) (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5232 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.68× (0.397% vs 0.586% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-12)
ATR(14) 0.00487 (48.7 pips)
ATR% 0.69% (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5238 obs))
range/ATR 74.5%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-12)
high 0.72774 (-2.93% from high)
low 0.64156 (+10.11% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-12)
RSI(14) 58.70 (75th pct of own history, since 2006 (5238 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-12)
5d return +0.25%
20d return +1.25%
60d return -0.60%
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 0.5859%
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 2026-08-12)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.51
vs DXY beta -0.58 (26w)