On 2026-08-13, AUD/USD closed at 0.70639, unchanged on the day. It trades at 75.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.68 is in the 75th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +0.80% in the 60th 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 0.70153 / 0.69917 / 0.69292, with price +0.69% / +1.03% / +1.94% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.93% below the high and 10.00% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.386% daily, in the 9th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00469 (46.9 pips), 0.66% of price. It has returned +0.09% over 5 days and -1.20% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70639 -0.001%
price & change (as of 2026-08-13, prior 2026-08-12)
close 0.70639
change -0.00001 (-0.001%, -0.1 pips)
gap +0.00001 (+0.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-13)
range 0.00232 (23.2 pips)
close pos 82.3% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-13)
20d MA 0.70153 price above by +0.69%
50d MA 0.69917 price above by +1.03%
200d MA 0.69292 price above by +1.94%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-13)
20d stdev 0.386% daily ≈ 6.1% annualized (×√252) (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5233 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.66× (0.386% vs 0.585% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-13)
ATR(14) 0.00469 (46.9 pips)
ATR% 0.66% (4th pct of own history, since 2006 (5239 obs))
range/ATR 49.5%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-13)
high 0.72774 (-2.93% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.00% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-13)
RSI(14) 58.68 (75th pct of own history, since 2006 (5239 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-13)
5d return +0.09%
20d return +0.80%
60d return -1.20%
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 0.5854%
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 2026-08-13)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.52
vs DXY beta -0.58 (26w)