On 2026-08-20, AUD/USD closed at 0.7125, up 0.61% on the day. It trades at 82.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 64.68 is in the 89th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +1.94% in the 75th 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 0.704 / 0.69963 / 0.69439, with price +1.21% / +1.84% / +2.61% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 2.09% below the high and 10.95% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.409% daily, in the 13th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00482 (48.2 pips), 0.68% of price. It has returned +0.86% over 5 days and -0.11% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.71250 +0.614%
price & change (as of 2026-08-20, prior 2026-08-19)
close 0.71250
change +0.00435 (+0.614%, +43.5 pips)
gap +0.00416 (+41.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-20)
range 0.00300 (30.0 pips)
close pos 70.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-20)
20d MA 0.70400 price above by +1.21%
50d MA 0.69963 price above by +1.84%
200d MA 0.69439 price above by +2.61%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-20)
20d stdev 0.409% daily ≈ 6.5% annualized (×√252) (13th pct of own history, since 2006 (5238 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.70× (0.409% vs 0.584% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-20)
ATR(14) 0.00482 (48.2 pips)
ATR% 0.68% (5th pct of own history, since 2006 (5244 obs))
range/ATR 62.2%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-20)
high 0.72774 (-2.09% from high)
low 0.64216 (+10.95% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-20)
RSI(14) 64.68 (89th pct of own history, since 2006 (5244 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-20)
5d return +0.86%
20d return +1.94%
60d return -0.11%
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 2026-08-20)
vs DXY -0.49
vs S&P 500 +0.47
vs DXY beta -0.61 (26w)