USD/JPY technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
USD/JPY closed at 158.523 on 2026-10-20, up 0.45%, the 61st percentile of its daily moves by size since 1996. It is 3.33% below its 52-week high and 5.34% above its 52-week low, and is above its 20- and 50-day moving averages and below its 200-day moving average. USD/JPY had an RSI(14) of 56.57 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 67th percentile of its history since 1996. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of USD/JPY was 163.979, set on 2026-07-23, and the 52-week low 150.492, set on 2025-10-21. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of USD/JPY was 157.992. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of USD/JPY was 157.697. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of USD/JPY was 158.567.
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.
Price and momentum
- Close
- 158.523
- Daily change
- up 0.45%
- RSI (14)
- 56.57 — 67th percentile since 1996 (7748 obs)
- 20-day return
- +0.73% — 59th percentile since 1996 (7742 obs)
Session
- Open
- 158.518
- High
- 158.592
- Low
- 157.877
- Prior close
- 157.806
- Gap (overnight)
- +0.45%
- Intraday range
- 0.45% of price
- Close position
- 90.3% of range
Moving averages
- 20-day MA
- 157.992 · price +0.34%
- 50-day MA
- 157.697 · price +0.52%
- 200-day MA
- 158.567 · price -0.03%
52-week range
- Position
- 59.5% of range
- 52-week high
- 163.979 · price -3.33%
- 52-week low
- 150.492 · price +5.34%
Price chart
Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility
- 0.293% daily — 6th percentile since 1996 (7742 obs)
- ATR (14)
- 99.2 pips · 0.63% of price — 13th percentile since 1996 (7748 obs)
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 0.88% (data 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%
Returns
- 5-day
- +0.00%
- 60-day
- -3.20%
Positioning (CFTC leveraged money)
- Net % of open interest
- -9.0% — 56% of its two-year range
Key dates
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next BoJ decision
- 2026-10-30 (10 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, 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.
Methodology
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On 2026-10-20, USD/JPY ranked #27 of 73 instruments across all markets covered, sorted by how statistically unusual each day’s reading was (cross-asset market screener).