On 2026-08-21, AUD/USD closed at 0.71362, up 0.16% on the day. It trades at 83.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 66.00 is in the 92nd percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of +2.43% in the 81st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +18.1% of open interest, at 81% 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 0.70484 / 0.69981 / 0.69469, with price +1.25% / +1.97% / +2.72% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 1.94% below the high and 11.13% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.397% daily, in the 11th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00465 (46.5 pips), 0.65% of price. It has returned +1.03% over 5 days and -0.39% over 60 days.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.71362 +0.157%
price & change (as of 2026-08-21, prior 2026-08-20)
close 0.71362
change +0.00112 (+0.157%, +11.2 pips)
gap -0.00131 (-13.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-21)
range 0.00243 (24.3 pips)
close pos 100.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-21)
20d MA 0.70484 price above by +1.25%
50d MA 0.69981 price above by +1.97%
200d MA 0.69469 price above by +2.72%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-21)
20d stdev 0.397% daily ≈ 6.3% annualized (×√252) (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5239 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.68× (0.397% vs 0.584% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-21)
ATR(14) 0.00465 (46.5 pips)
ATR% 0.65% (4th pct of own history, since 2006 (5245 obs))
range/ATR 52.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-21)
high 0.72774 (-1.94% from high)
low 0.64216 (+11.13% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-21)
RSI(14) 66.00 (92nd pct of own history, since 2006 (5245 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-21)
5d return +1.03%
20d return +2.43%
60d return -0.39%
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 2026-08-18)
next COT as of 2026-08-25 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +52,108 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +18.1%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 138w)
w/w change +3,567
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-21)
vs DXY -0.49
vs S&P 500 +0.47
vs DXY beta -0.62 (26w)