AUD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, AUD/USD closed at 0.69828, up 0.15% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, AUD/USD was 65.6% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 45.64, in the 35th percentile of its history since 2006, and its 20-day return of -1.91% was in the 23rd percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +14.9% of open interest, at 75% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of AUD/USD were 0.69823 / 0.70791 / 0.70447, with price +0.01% / -1.36% / -0.88% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of AUD/USD was 0.64216–0.72774; it closed 4.05% below the high and 8.74% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.453% daily, in the 21st percentile of its history since 2006. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00528 (52.8 pips), 0.76% of price. It has returned +0.38% over 5 days and -0.06% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 0.69828 +0.153%
price & change (as of 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 0.69828
change +0.00107 (+0.153%, +10.7 pips)
gap +0.00104 (+10.4 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.00482 (48.2 pips)
close pos 22.8% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 0.69823 price above by +0.01%
50d MA 0.70791 price below by -1.36%
200d MA 0.70447 price below by -0.88%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 0.453% daily ≈ 7.2% annualised (×√252) (21st pct of own history, since 2006 (5281 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.79× (0.453% vs 0.575% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.00528 (52.8 pips)
ATR% 0.76% (13th pct of own history, since 2006 (5287 obs))
range/ATR 91.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 0.72774 (-4.05% from high)
low 0.64216 (+8.74% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 45.64 (35th pct of own history, since 2006 (5287 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return +0.38%
20d return -1.91%
60d return -0.06%
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 2026-10-20)
vs DXY -0.38
vs S&P 500 +0.23
vs DXY beta -0.42 (26w)