On 2026-08-19, AUD/USD closed at 0.70815, down 0.38% on the day. It trades at 77.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.94 is in the 76th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.15% in the 65th 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 0.70332 / 0.69937 / 0.6941, with price +0.69% / +1.26% / +2.02% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.69% below the high and 10.28% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.393% daily, in the 10th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00479 (47.9 pips), 0.68% of price. It has returned +0.25% over 5 days and -1.25% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.70815 -0.376%
price & change (as of 2026-08-19, prior 2026-08-18)
close 0.70815
change -0.00267 (-0.376%, -26.7 pips)
gap -0.00277 (-27.7 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-19)
range 0.00617 (61.7 pips)
close pos 23.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-19)
20d MA 0.70332 price above by +0.69%
50d MA 0.69937 price above by +1.26%
200d MA 0.69410 price above by +2.02%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-19)
20d stdev 0.393% daily ≈ 6.2% annualized (×√252) (10th pct of own history, since 2006 (5237 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.67× (0.393% vs 0.584% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-19)
ATR(14) 0.00479 (47.9 pips)
ATR% 0.68% (5th pct of own history, since 2006 (5243 obs))
range/ATR 128.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-19)
high 0.72774 (-2.69% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.28% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-19)
RSI(14) 58.94 (76th pct of own history, since 2006 (5243 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-19)
5d return +0.25%
20d return +1.15%
60d return -1.25%
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 2026-08-19)
vs DXY -0.47
vs S&P 500 +0.51
vs DXY beta -0.58 (26w)