USD/JPY: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, USD/JPY closed at 158.523, up 0.45% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, USD/JPY was 59.5% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, USD/JPY had an RSI(14) of 56.57, in the 67th percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of +0.73% was in the 59th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -9.0% of open interest, at 56% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of USD/JPY were 157.992 / 157.697 / 158.567, with price +0.34% / +0.52% / -0.03% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of USD/JPY was 150.492–163.979; it closed 3.33% below the high and 5.34% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.293% daily, in the 6th percentile of its history since 1996. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.992 (99.2 pips), 0.63% of price. It has returned +0.00% over 5 days and -3.20% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 158.523 +0.454%
price & change (as of 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 158.523
change +0.717 (+0.454%, +71.7 pips)
gap +0.712 (+71.2 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.715 (71.5 pips)
close pos 90.3% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 157.992 price above by +0.34%
50d MA 157.697 price above by +0.52%
200d MA 158.567 price below by -0.03%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 0.293% daily ≈ 4.6% annualised (×√252) (6th pct of own history, since 1996 (7742 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.50× (0.293% vs 0.589% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.992 (99.2 pips)
ATR% 0.63% (13th pct of own history, since 1996 (7748 obs))
range/ATR 72.1%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 163.979 (-3.33% from high)
low 150.492 (+5.34% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 56.57 (67th pct of own history, since 1996 (7748 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return <+0.01%
20d return +0.73%
60d return -3.20%
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 2026-10-20)
vs DXY +0.64
vs S&P 500 -0.17
vs DXY beta +0.84 (26w)