AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-15, AUD/USD closed at 0.69783, down 0.10% on the day. At the 2026-10-15 close, AUD/USD was 65.1% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-15 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 41.51, in the 24th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -1.55% was in the 27th 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 2026-10-15 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.70064 / 0.70847 / 0.70408, with price -0.40% / -1.50% / -0.89% against them. At the 2026-10-15 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.11% below the high and 8.67% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.382% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00509 (50.9 pips), 0.73% of price. It has returned +0.21% over 5 days and -0.16% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-15.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69783 -0.099%
price & change (as of 2026-10-15, prior 2026-10-14)
close 0.69783
change -0.00069 (-0.099%, -6.9 pips)
gap -0.00012 (-1.2 pips)
range (as of 2026-10-15)
range 0.00886 (88.6 pips)
close pos 93.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-15)
20d MA 0.70064 price below by -0.40%
50d MA 0.70847 price below by -1.50%
200d MA 0.70408 price below by -0.89%
price < all MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-15)
20d stdev 0.382% daily ≈ 6.1% annualised (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2006 (5278 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.66× (0.382% vs 0.574% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-15)
ATR(14) 0.00509 (50.9 pips)
ATR% 0.73% (11th pct of own history, since 2006 (5284 obs))
range/ATR 174.2%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-15)
high 0.72774 (-4.11% from high)
low 0.64216 (+8.67% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-15)
RSI(14) 41.51 (24th pct of own history, since 2006 (5284 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-15)
5d return +0.21%
20d return -1.55%
60d return -0.16%
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 2026-10-15)
vs DXY -0.41
vs S&P 500 +0.17
vs DXY beta -0.44 (26w)