On 2026-08-17, USD/JPY closed at 159.223, down 0.13% on the day. It trades at 73.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 41.90 is in the 23rd percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of -2.02% in the 20th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -13.5% of open interest, at 45% of its own two-year positioning range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 160.521 / 161.138 / 158.192, with price -0.81% / -1.19% / +0.65% against them. Its 52-week range is 146.217–163.979; it closed 2.90% below the high and 8.90% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.636% daily, in the 63rd percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 1.207 (120.7 pips), 0.76% of price. It has returned +0.84% over 5 days and +0.17% over 60 days.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 159.223 -0.127%
price & change (as of 2026-08-17, prior 2026-08-14)
close 159.223
change -0.203 (-0.127%, -20.3 pips)
gap -0.201 (-20.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-17)
range 0.546 (54.6 pips)
close pos 67.2% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-17)
20d MA 160.521 price below by -0.81%
50d MA 161.138 price below by -1.19%
200d MA 158.192 price above by +0.65%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-17)
20d stdev 0.636% daily ≈ 10.1% annualized (×√252) (63rd pct of own history, since 1996 (7696 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.07× (0.636% vs 0.594% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-17)
ATR(14) 1.207 (120.7 pips)
ATR% 0.76% (28th pct of own history, since 1996 (7702 obs))
range/ATR 45.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-17)
high 163.979 (-2.90% from high)
low 146.217 (+8.90% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-17)
RSI(14) 41.90 (23rd pct of own history, since 1996 (7702 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-17)
5d return +0.84%
20d return -2.02%
60d return +0.17%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.88% (from 1996-10-30)
ZIRP-2009 0.64%
tightening-2015 0.58%
ZIRP-2019 0.42%
tightening-2022 0.68%
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 -53,070 contracts (net short JPY; = long USD in USD/JPY terms)
net % OI -13.5%
net%OI range -33.5% … +10.5% (own 137w)
w/w change +7,755
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-14)
vs DXY +0.69
vs S&P 500 -0.36
vs DXY beta +0.74 (26w)