On 2026-08-18, AUD/USD closed at 0.71082, up 0.33% on the day. It trades at 80.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 64.96 is in the 90th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.53% 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 0.70292 / 0.69925 / 0.69381, with price +1.12% / +1.65% / +2.45% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.33% below the high and 10.69% 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 0.00468 (46.8 pips), 0.66% of price. It has returned +0.75% over 5 days and -0.87% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.71082 +0.325%
price & change (as of 2026-08-18, prior 2026-08-17)
close 0.71082
change +0.00230 (+0.325%, +23.0 pips)
gap +0.00234 (+23.4 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-18)
range 0.00245 (24.5 pips)
close pos 53.5% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-18)
20d MA 0.70292 price above by +1.12%
50d MA 0.69925 price above by +1.65%
200d MA 0.69381 price above by +2.45%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-18)
20d stdev 0.380% daily ≈ 6.0% annualized (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5236 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.65× (0.380% vs 0.584% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-18)
ATR(14) 0.00468 (46.8 pips)
ATR% 0.66% (4th pct of own history, since 2006 (5242 obs))
range/ATR 52.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-18)
high 0.72774 (-2.33% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.69% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-18)
RSI(14) 64.96 (90th pct of own history, since 2006 (5242 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-18)
5d return +0.75%
20d return +1.53%
60d return -0.87%
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 2026-08-17)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.52
vs DXY beta -0.60 (26w)