On 2026-08-19, USD/JPY closed at 159.55, up 0.13% on the day. It trades at 75.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 44.90 is in the 31st percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of -2.23% in the 18th 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 160.182 / 161.104 / 158.253, with price -0.39% / -0.96% / +0.82% against them. Its 52-week range is 146.217–163.979; it closed 2.70% below the high and 9.12% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.627% daily, in the 62nd percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 1.183 (118.3 pips), 0.74% of price. It has returned +0.18% over 5 days and +0.19% over 60 days.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 159.550 +0.132%
price & change (as of 2026-08-19, prior 2026-08-18)
close 159.550
change +0.210 (+0.132%, +21.0 pips)
gap +0.189 (+18.9 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-19)
range 1.477 (147.7 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 2.1 pips above high — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-08-19)
20d MA 160.182 price below by -0.39%
50d MA 161.104 price below by -0.96%
200d MA 158.253 price above by +0.82%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-19)
20d stdev 0.627% daily ≈ 10.0% annualized (×√252) (62nd pct of own history, since 1996 (7698 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.06× (0.627% vs 0.593% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-19)
ATR(14) 1.183 (118.3 pips)
ATR% 0.74% (26th pct of own history, since 1996 (7704 obs))
range/ATR 124.9%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-19)
high 163.979 (-2.70% from high)
low 146.217 (+9.12% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-19)
RSI(14) 44.90 (31st pct of own history, since 1996 (7704 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-19)
5d return +0.18%
20d return -2.23%
60d return +0.19%
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 2026-08-19)
vs DXY +0.65
vs S&P 500 -0.40
vs DXY beta +0.66 (26w)