USD/JPY: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-16, USD/JPY closed at 158.143, up 0.12% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, USD/JPY was 60.0% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, USD/JPY had an RSI(14) of 53.72, in the 58th percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of +1.29% was in the 68th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -9.0% of open interest, at 56% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of USD/JPY were 157.896 / 157.711 / 158.566, with price +0.16% / +0.27% / -0.27% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of USD/JPY was 149.407–163.979; it closed 3.56% below the high and 5.85% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.300% daily, in the 7th percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 1.024 (102.4 pips), 0.65% of price. It has returned +0.05% over 5 days and -3.47% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
USD/JPY here is the price of one US dollar in Japanese yen, so a rise means the US dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen. The series is Yahoo Finance’s daily one for USDJPY=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.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 158.143 +0.118%
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 158.143
change +0.186 (+0.118%, +18.6 pips)
gap +0.174 (+17.4 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 0.481 (48.1 pips)
close pos 93.3% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 157.896 price above by +0.16%
50d MA 157.711 price above by +0.27%
200d MA 158.566 price below by -0.27%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 0.300% daily ≈ 4.8% annualised (×√252) (7th pct of own history, since 1996 (7740 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.51× (0.300% vs 0.590% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 1.024 (102.4 pips)
ATR% 0.65% (15th pct of own history, since 1996 (7746 obs))
range/ATR 47.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 163.979 (-3.56% from high)
low 149.407 (+5.85% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 53.72 (58th pct of own history, since 1996 (7746 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return +0.05%
20d return +1.29%
60d return -3.47%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 0.88% (from 1996-10-30)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 0.64%
tightening (2015–2018) 0.58%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 0.42%
tightening (2022–2023) 0.68%
easing (2024– ) 0.59%
positioning (as of 2026-10-13)
next COT as of 2026-10-20 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -33,673 contracts (net short JPY; = long USD in USD/JPY terms)
net % OI -9.0%
net%OI range -33.5% … +10.5% (own 146w)
w/w change -8,630
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-16)
vs DXY +0.65
vs S&P 500 -0.17
vs DXY beta +0.85 (26w)