On 2026-08-17, AUD/USD closed at 0.70852, up 0.30% on the day. It trades at 77.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 61.84 is in the 84th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.52% in the 70th 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 0.70238 / 0.69912 / 0.69349, with price +0.87% / +1.34% / +2.17% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.64% below the high and 10.33% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.380% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00478 (47.8 pips), 0.67% of price. It has returned +0.31% over 5 days and -1.01% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70852 +0.304%
price & change (as of 2026-08-17, prior 2026-08-14)
close 0.70852
change +0.00215 (+0.304%, +21.5 pips)
gap +0.00242 (+24.2 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-17)
range 0.00416 (41.6 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 2.7 pips below low — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-08-17)
20d MA 0.70238 price above by +0.87%
50d MA 0.69912 price above by +1.34%
200d MA 0.69349 price above by +2.17%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-17)
20d stdev 0.380% daily ≈ 6.0% annualized (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5235 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.65× (0.380% vs 0.585% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-17)
ATR(14) 0.00478 (47.8 pips)
ATR% 0.67% (5th pct of own history, since 2006 (5241 obs))
range/ATR 87.1%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-17)
high 0.72774 (-2.64% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.33% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-17)
RSI(14) 61.84 (84th pct of own history, since 2006 (5241 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-17)
5d return +0.31%
20d return +1.52%
60d return -1.01%
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 0.58%
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)