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FX Daily — latest report

Daily FX facts for 11 currency pairs: price, RSI, volatility, 52-week range, CFTC positioning, and the central-bank decision horizon.

CROSS-PAIR SNAPSHOT (as of 2026-10-20, config order)
closeday %RSI (pct)52wk20d ret (pct)pos net%OI (band)
EUR/USD1.12158-0.09%33.7 (8th)11.2%-2.17% (16th)-7.8% (1% of range)
GBP/USD1.33085-0.20%50.2 (49th)35.5%-0.47% (41st)+3.8% (27% of range)
USD/JPY158.523+0.45%56.6 (67th)59.5%+0.73% (59th)-9.0% (56% of range)
USD/CHF0.82685+0.38%51.0 (56th)83.5%+0.74% (65th)-10.9% (47% of range)
AUD/USD0.69828+0.15%45.6 (35th)65.6%-1.91% (23rd)+14.9% (75% of range)
USD/CAD1.41053-0.10%46.7 (39th)76.2%+0.52% (60th)-23.3% (34% of range)
NZD/USD0.56658+0.12%48.5 (44th)18.8%-0.80% (39th)-9.3% (41% of range)
EUR/GBP0.8425+0.09%25.8 (1st)8.4%-1.73% (16th)+4.3% (99% of range)
EUR/HUF362.242-0.20%41.6 (24th)26.9%+0.25% (55th)
USD/HUF323.21-0.03%54.0 (63rd)49.5%+2.56% (78th)
GBP/HUF429.95-0.29%54.5 (64th)45.8%+2.04% (77th)
CHANGES (vs prior session)
  EUR/GBP  new 52wk intraday low (0.83846)

Notable today

Each pair’s single most extreme reading versus its own history today, ranked by surprise — how far the reading sits from the pair’s own median (0 = at median, 100 = an own-history extreme; 2×|percentile − 50|). A magnitude, not a trading signal.

PairSignalReadingSurprise
EUR/GBPRSI(14) 25.811st pct, since 1999 (7215 obs)98
EUR/USDpositioning net%OI -7.8%near bottom of own 146w range (band bottoms at -8.0%)98
market risk (VIX)  (as of 2026-10-20)
  level       17.31
  change      -1.13  (-6.1%)  (prior 2026-10-19)
  1yr range   13.47 … 31.05 (252d)
  1yr pctile  54th pctile (252d lookback)
dollar index (DXY)  (as of 2026-10-20)  (index close is async vs the pairs' UTC snapshot; daily change may not reconcile with the pairs below)
  level       101.730
  change      -0.250  (-0.25%)  (prior 2026-10-19)
  1yr range   96.220 … 102.580 (252d)
  1yr pctile  95th pctile (252d lookback)
  200d MA     99.507   price above by +2.23%
DOLLAR CROWDING  (weekly-return correlation to DXY, 26w; how much of the book is one dollar trade — async daily closes cap the magnitude)
  6 of 11 pairs correlate |≥ 0.60| to DXY this week
  EUR/USD  -0.79
  GBP/USD  -0.72
  USD/CAD  +0.69
  USD/CHF  +0.69
  NZD/USD  -0.66
  USD/JPY  +0.64
  USD/HUF  +0.59
  AUD/USD  -0.38
  EUR/HUF  +0.14
  GBP/HUF  +0.13
  EUR/GBP  +0.07
equity market (S&P 500)  (as of 2026-10-20)
  level       7712.57
  change      +21.84  (+0.28%)  (prior 2026-10-19)
  1yr range   6343.72 … 7818.93 (252d)
  1yr pctile  90th pctile (252d lookback)
  200d MA     7279.93   price above by +5.94%
=== CENTRAL BANK HORIZON (for pairs at historical extremes) ===
  (days remaining from reference date 2026-10-20)
  >> Fed   2026-10-28  (8 days)   · cross-link: EUR/USD (positioning net%OI near bottom of own 146w range (band bottoms at -8.0%))
  >> ECB   2026-10-29  (9 days)   · cross-link: EUR/USD (positioning net%OI near bottom of own 146w range (band bottoms at -8.0%)), EUR/GBP (RSI(14) 1st pct)
  >> BoE   2026-11-05  (16 days)   · cross-link: EUR/GBP (RSI(14) 1st pct)