AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-12, AUD/USD closed at 0.69793, up 0.29% on the day. At the 2026-10-12 close, AUD/USD was 65.2% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-12 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 39.10, in the 18th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -2.41% was in the 18th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +16.5% of open interest, at 78% of its own two-year positioning range. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-12 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.70277 / 0.70882 / 0.70371, with price -0.69% / -1.54% / -0.82% against them. At the 2026-10-12 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.10% below the high and 8.68% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.364% daily, in the 6th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00474 (47.4 pips), 0.68% of price. It has returned +0.40% over 5 days and +0.00% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-12.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69793 +0.292%
price & change (as of 2026-10-12, prior 2026-10-09)
close 0.69793
change +0.00203 (+0.292%, +20.3 pips)
gap +0.00286 (+28.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-12)
range 0.00248 (24.8 pips)
close pos 33.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-12)
20d MA 0.70277 price below by -0.69%
50d MA 0.70882 price below by -1.54%
200d MA 0.70371 price below by -0.82%
price < all MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-12)
20d stdev 0.364% daily ≈ 5.8% annualised (×√252) (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5275 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.63× (0.364% vs 0.575% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-12)
ATR(14) 0.00474 (47.4 pips)
ATR% 0.68% (6th pct of own history, since 2006 (5281 obs))
range/ATR 52.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-12)
high 0.72774 (-4.10% from high)
low 0.64216 (+8.68% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-12)
RSI(14) 39.10 (18th pct of own history, since 2006 (5281 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-12)
5d return +0.40%
20d return -2.41%
60d return <+0.01%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (through 2008) 1.18% (from 2006-05-16)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 0.80%
tightening (2015–2018) 0.58%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 0.61%
tightening (2022–2023) 0.75%
easing (2024– ) 0.58%
positioning (as of 2026-10-06)
next COT as of 2026-10-13 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +54,133 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +16.5%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 145w)
w/w change -6,459
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-12)
vs DXY -0.40
vs S&P 500 +0.18
vs DXY beta -0.43 (26w)