AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-16, AUD/USD closed at 0.69185, down 0.86% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, AUD/USD was 58.1% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 33.81, in the 9th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -2.77% was in the 15th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +14.9% of open interest, at 75% of its own two-year positioning range. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.69965 / 0.70824 / 0.70419, with price -1.12% / -2.31% / -1.75% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.93% below the high and 7.74% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.403% daily, in the 12th percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00515 (51.5 pips), 0.74% of price. It has returned -0.58% over 5 days and -0.70% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
AUD/USD here is the price of one Australian dollar in US dollars, so a rise means the Australian dollar strengthened against the US dollar. The series is Yahoo Finance’s daily one for AUDUSD=X; currencies trade over the counter, with no central exchange, so this is one data provider’s quote, not an official reference rate such as a central bank’s daily fixing.
=== AUD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.69185 -0.857%
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 0.69185
change -0.00598 (-0.857%, -59.8 pips)
gap -0.00595 (-59.5 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 0.00513 (51.3 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 0.3 pips below low — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 0.69965 price below by -1.12%
50d MA 0.70824 price below by -2.31%
200d MA 0.70419 price below by -1.75%
price < all MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 0.403% daily ≈ 6.4% annualised (×√252) (12th pct of own history, since 2006 (5279 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.70× (0.403% vs 0.575% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 0.00515 (51.5 pips)
ATR% 0.74% (12th pct of own history, since 2006 (5285 obs))
range/ATR 99.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 0.72774 (-4.93% from high)
low 0.64216 (+7.74% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 33.81 (9th pct of own history, since 2006 (5285 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return -0.58%
20d return -2.77%
60d return -0.70%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 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 2026-10-13)
next COT as of 2026-10-20 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +50,591 contracts (net long AUD)
net % OI +14.9%
net%OI range -23.1% … +27.4% (own 146w)
w/w change -3,542
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-16)
vs DXY -0.38
vs S&P 500 +0.22
vs DXY beta -0.41 (26w)