On 2026-08-14, AUD/USD closed at 0.70637, unchanged on the day. It trades at 75.0% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.64 is in the 75th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +0.92% in the 62nd percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +18.2% of open interest, at 82% 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 0.70185 / 0.69903 / 0.69321, with price +0.64% / +1.05% / +1.90% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.94% below the high and 10.00% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.384% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00464 (46.4 pips), 0.66% of price. It has returned +0.43% over 5 days and -1.18% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70637 -0.003%
price & change (as of 2026-08-14, prior 2026-08-13)
close 0.70637
change -0.00002 (-0.003%, -0.2 pips)
gap +0.00001 (+0.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-14)
range 0.00401 (40.1 pips)
close pos 20.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-14)
20d MA 0.70185 price above by +0.64%
50d MA 0.69903 price above by +1.05%
200d MA 0.69321 price above by +1.90%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-14)
20d stdev 0.384% daily ≈ 6.1% annualized (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5234 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.66× (0.384% vs 0.585% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-14)
ATR(14) 0.00464 (46.4 pips)
ATR% 0.66% (4th pct of own history, since 2006 (5240 obs))
range/ATR 86.4%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-14)
high 0.72774 (-2.94% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.00% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-14)
RSI(14) 58.64 (75th pct of own history, since 2006 (5240 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-14)
5d return +0.43%
20d return +0.92%
60d return -1.18%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 1.18% (from 2006-05-16)
ZIRP-2009 0.80%
tightening-2015 0.58%
ZIRP-2019 0.61%
tightening-2022 0.75%
easing-2024 0.59%
positioning (as of 2026-08-11)
next COT as of 2026-08-18 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +48,541 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +18.2%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 137w)
w/w change +7,904
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-14)
vs DXY -0.48
vs S&P 500 +0.52
vs DXY beta -0.59 (26w)