AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-14, AUD/USD closed at 0.69852, up 0.42% on the day. At the 2026-10-14 close, AUD/USD was 65.9% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-14 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 42.55, in the 27th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -1.97% was in the 22nd 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 2026-10-14 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.70119 / 0.70863 / 0.70395, with price -0.38% / -1.43% / -0.77% against them. At the 2026-10-14 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.02% below the high and 8.78% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.395% daily, in the 11th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00479 (47.9 pips), 0.69% of price. It has returned +0.05% over 5 days and -0.22% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-14.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69852 +0.418%
price & change (as of 2026-10-14, prior 2026-10-13)
close 0.69852
change +0.00291 (+0.418%, +29.1 pips)
gap +0.00278 (+27.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-14)
range 0.00632 (63.2 pips)
close pos 52.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-14)
20d MA 0.70119 price below by -0.38%
50d MA 0.70863 price below by -1.43%
200d MA 0.70395 price below by -0.77%
price < all MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-14)
20d stdev 0.395% daily ≈ 6.3% annualised (×√252) (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5277 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.69× (0.395% vs 0.575% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-14)
ATR(14) 0.00479 (47.9 pips)
ATR% 0.69% (7th pct of own history, since 2006 (5283 obs))
range/ATR 132.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-14)
high 0.72774 (-4.02% from high)
low 0.64216 (+8.78% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-14)
RSI(14) 42.55 (27th pct of own history, since 2006 (5283 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-14)
5d return +0.05%
20d return -1.97%
60d return -0.22%
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– ) 0.57%
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 2026-10-14)
vs DXY -0.40
vs S&P 500 +0.16
vs DXY beta -0.43 (26w)