AUD/USD technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
AUD/USD closed at 0.69828 on 2026-10-20, up 0.15%, the 21st percentile of its daily moves by size since 2006. It is 4.05% below its 52-week high and 8.74% above its 52-week low, and is above its 20-day moving average and below its 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of -1.91% is in the 23rd percentile of its history since 2006. AUD/USD had an RSI(14) of 45.64 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 35th percentile of its history since 2006. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of AUD/USD was 0.72774, set on 2026-05-06, and the 52-week low 0.64216, set on 2025-11-21. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of AUD/USD was 0.69823. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of AUD/USD was 0.70791. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of AUD/USD was 0.70447.
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.
Price and momentum
- Close
- 0.69828
- Daily change
- up 0.15%
- RSI (14)
- 45.64 — 35th percentile since 2006 (5287 obs)
- 20-day return
- -1.91% — 23rd percentile since 2006 (5281 obs)
Session
- Open
- 0.69825
- High
- 0.702
- Low
- 0.69718
- Prior close
- 0.69721
- Gap (overnight)
- +0.15%
- Intraday range
- 0.69% of price
- Close position
- 22.8% of range
Moving averages
- 20-day MA
- 0.69823 · price +0.01%
- 50-day MA
- 0.70791 · price -1.36%
- 200-day MA
- 0.70447 · price -0.88%
52-week range
- Position
- 65.6% of range
- 52-week high
- 0.72774 · price -4.05%
- 52-week low
- 0.64216 · price +8.74%
Price chart
Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility
- 0.453% daily — 21st percentile since 2006 (5281 obs)
- ATR (14)
- 52.8 pips · 0.76% of price — 13th percentile since 2006 (5287 obs)
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 1.18% (data 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%
Returns
- 5-day
- +0.38%
- 60-day
- -0.06%
Positioning (CFTC leveraged money)
- Net % of open interest
- +14.9% — 75% of its two-year range
Key dates
- Next RBA decision
- 2026-11-03 (14 days)
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next jobs report (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)
- Next CPI (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
Full daily summary
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.
Methodology
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Full definitions for every metric on this page — how each is computed, over what window and on what basis — are on the methodology page.
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On 2026-10-20, AUD/USD ranked #67 of 73 instruments across all markets covered, sorted by how statistically unusual each day’s reading was (cross-asset market screener).