NZD/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, NZD/USD closed at 0.56658, up 0.12% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, NZD/USD was 18.8% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, NZD/USD had an RSI(14) of 48.46, in the 44th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.80% was in the 39th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -9.3% of open interest, at 41% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of NZD/USD were 0.56333 / 0.57724 / 0.58383, with price +0.58% / -1.85% / -2.96% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of NZD/USD was 0.5567–0.60933; it closed 7.02% below the high and 1.77% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.401% daily, in the 5th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00446 (44.6 pips), 0.79% of price. It has returned +1.41% over 5 days and -1.81% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
NZD/USD here is the price of one New Zealand dollar in US dollars, so a rise means the New Zealand dollar strengthened against the US dollar. The series is Yahoo Finance’s daily one for NZDUSD=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.
=== NZD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.56658 +0.120%
price & change (as of 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 0.56658
change +0.00068 (+0.120%, +6.8 pips)
gap +0.00079 (+7.9 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.00355 (35.5 pips)
close pos 9.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 0.56333 price above by +0.58%
50d MA 0.57724 price below by -1.85%
200d MA 0.58383 price below by -2.96%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 0.401% daily ≈ 6.4% annualised (×√252) (5th pct of own history, since 2003 (5899 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.69× (0.401% vs 0.583% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.00446 (44.6 pips)
ATR% 0.79% (13th pct of own history, since 2003 (5905 obs))
range/ATR 79.6%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 0.60933 (-7.02% from high)
low 0.55670 (+1.77% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 48.46 (44th pct of own history, since 2003 (5905 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return +1.41%
20d return -0.80%
60d return -1.81%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 0.93% (from 2003-12-01)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 0.84%
tightening (2015–2018) 0.64%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 0.61%
tightening (2022–2023) 0.73%
easing (2024– ) 0.58%
positioning (as of 2026-10-13)
next COT as of 2026-10-20 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -11,619 contracts (net short NZD)
net % OI -9.3%
net%OI range -36.0% … +28.5% (own 146w)
w/w change -10,832
rate differential (NZD–USD policy)
NZD (RBNZ_OCR) 2.75% (set 2026-09-02, announced target)
next RBNZ 2026-10-28 (8 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.88% (as of 2026-10-19, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-10-28 (8 days)
differential -1.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-20)
vs DXY -0.66
vs S&P 500 +0.27
vs DXY beta -1.00 (26w)