British Pound / US Dollar: a 3.3σ rise on 15 July 2026
Recorded 14 October 2026On 15 July 2026 British Pound / US Dollar rose 1.08% close to close, 3.3 times its typical daily move of 0.33% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 4 sessions on record before it. 8 other instruments of the 198 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- +1.08%
- Size
- +3.3σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.33%
- Close
- 1.3541
- Previous close, 14 July 2026
- 1.3397
- Since, to 23 October 2026
- −1.01%
British Pound / US Dollar, the 20 sessions to 15 July 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | GBP/USD |
|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | 1.330 |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 1.320 |
| 21 Jun 2026 | 1.321 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 1.325 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 1.320 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | 1.317 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 1.319 |
| 28 Jun 2026 | 1.320 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 1.325 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 1.325 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | 1.328 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 1.334 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | 1.335 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1.340 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 1.335 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 1.340 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 1.342 |
| 12 Jul 2026 | 1.339 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1.335 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 1.340 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 1.354 |
The same day
Other quakes on 15 July 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Oats OATS | +21.28% | +7.0σ |
| Wheat WHEAT | +7.33% | +4.3σ |
| Rough Rice RICE | +5.93% | +3.6σ |
| British Pound / Canadian Dollar GBP/CAD | +0.96% | +3.4σ |
| Euro / British Pound EUR/GBP | −0.68% | −3.1σ |
| British Pound / Japanese Yen GBP/JPY | +0.97% | +3.0σ |
British Pound / US Dollar's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 23 September 2026: −0.76%, −3.1σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of British Pound / US Dollar's previous 20 daily returns. A quake is 3σ or more. This record was made the night after the day finished trading and has not been changed since. The live chart is on British Pound / US Dollar's page; the last few months of every market's daily moves are on the volatility terrain, and every quake on record is in the quake archive.