The Asian session (Sydney · Australia · Tokyo · China · Singapore) · updated 2026-09-23 21:00 UTC.
Good evening. The dollar bid that clocked in Friday is still on shift — EUR/USD (1.14691) and GBP/USD (1.33731) are both pinned low in their ranges, USD/JPY (157.482) leans bullish, and gold (4342.88) is still boxed between 4333.73 and 4359.91. Crypto kept sliding: Bitcoin and Ethereum both trend down over the last eight hours, with XRP down almost 5%.
The calendar finally earns its keep. Australia's employment change and unemployment rate land in this window — the high-tier items — alongside Japan's flash manufacturing PMI, NAB quarterly business confidence, and the SNB's monetary policy assessment and policy rate. Japan remains out for the bank holiday, so yen liquidity stays thin; worth remembering if USD/JPY makes a run at anything.
On the barometer, the stretched pairs are still stretched. EUR/USD leans neutral (H4 RSI 39.4, floor 1.14623 just below, resistance 11.9 ATR away), GBP/USD neutral (H4 RSI 40.9, resistance 15.8 ATR away), and USD/JPY leaning bullish (H4 RSI 66.2). Watch whether the dollar bid extends or those pairs finally breathe — and whether the Australian data or the SNB give it a reason either way.
24 Sep 00:30 UTCJPY Low
24 Sep 00:35 UTCAUD Low
24 Sep 01:30 UTCAUD High
24 Sep 01:30 UTCAUD High
24 Sep 07:30 UTCCHF High
24 Sep 07:30 UTCCHF High