AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-13, AUD/USD closed at 0.69561, down 0.42% on the day. At the 2026-10-13 close, AUD/USD was 62.5% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-13 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 36.31, in the 13th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -2.55% was in the 17th 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 2026-10-13 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.70189 / 0.70875 / 0.70383, with price -0.89% / -1.85% / -1.17% against them. At the 2026-10-13 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.42% below the high and 8.32% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.376% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00467 (46.7 pips), 0.67% of price. It has returned -0.16% over 5 days and -0.64% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-13.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69561 -0.417%
price & change (as of 2026-10-13, prior 2026-10-12)
close 0.69561
change -0.00291 (-0.417%, -29.1 pips)
gap -0.00295 (-29.5 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-13)
range 0.00377 (37.7 pips)
close pos 15.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-13)
20d MA 0.70189 price below by -0.89%
50d MA 0.70875 price below by -1.85%
200d MA 0.70383 price below by -1.17%
price < all MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-13)
20d stdev 0.376% daily ≈ 6.0% annualised (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5276 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.65× (0.376% vs 0.575% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-13)
ATR(14) 0.00467 (46.7 pips)
ATR% 0.67% (5th pct of own history, since 2006 (5282 obs))
range/ATR 80.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-13)
high 0.72774 (-4.42% from high)
low 0.64216 (+8.32% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-13)
RSI(14) 36.31 (13th pct of own history, since 2006 (5282 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-13)
5d return -0.16%
20d return -2.55%
60d return -0.64%
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 2026-10-13)
vs DXY -0.41
vs S&P 500 +0.19
vs DXY beta -0.43 (26w)