On 2026-08-13, USD/JPY closed at 159.328, up 0.04% on the day. It trades at 73.8% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 42.40 is in the 24th percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of -1.69% in the 23rd percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -14.5% of open interest, at 43% of its own two-year positioning range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 160.833 / 161.171 / 158.137, with price -0.94% / -1.14% / +0.75% against them. Its 52-week range is 146.217–163.979; it closed 2.84% below the high and 8.97% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.639% daily, in the 64th percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 1.286 (128.6 pips), 0.81% of price. It has returned +1.10% over 5 days and +0.28% over 60 days.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 159.328 +0.040%
price & change (as of 2026-08-13, prior 2026-08-12)
close 159.328
change +0.063 (+0.040%, +6.3 pips)
gap +0.053 (+5.3 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-13)
range 0.449 (44.9 pips)
close pos 67.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-13)
20d MA 160.833 price below by -0.94%
50d MA 161.171 price below by -1.14%
200d MA 158.137 price above by +0.75%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-13)
20d stdev 0.639% daily ≈ 10.2% annualized (×√252) (64th pct of own history, since 1996 (7694 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.08× (0.639% vs 0.594% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-13)
ATR(14) 1.286 (128.6 pips)
ATR% 0.81% (35th pct of own history, since 1996 (7700 obs))
range/ATR 34.9%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-13)
high 163.979 (-2.84% from high)
low 146.217 (+8.97% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-13)
RSI(14) 42.40 (24th pct of own history, since 1996 (7700 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-13)
5d return +1.10%
20d return -1.69%
60d return +0.28%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.8804% (from 1996-10-30)
ZIRP-2009 0.6396%
tightening-2015 0.5829%
ZIRP-2019 0.4159%
tightening-2022 0.6795%
easing-2024 0.5945%
positioning (as of 2026-08-04)
next COT as of 2026-08-11 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -60,825 contracts (net short JPY; = long USD in USD/JPY terms)
net % OI -14.5%
net%OI range -33.5% … +10.5% (own 136w)
w/w change +41,165
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-13)
vs DXY +0.69
vs S&P 500 -0.36
vs DXY beta +0.74 (26w)