US Dollar / South African Rand: a 5.2σ rise on 23 July 2026
Recorded 7 October 2026On 23 July 2026 US Dollar / South African Rand rose 2.58% close to close, 5.2 times its typical daily move of 0.50% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 15 sessions on record before it. 19 other instruments of the 198 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- +2.58%
- Size
- +5.2σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.50%
- Close
- 16.8159
- Previous close, 22 July 2026
- 16.3936
- Since, to 23 October 2026
- −1.93%
US Dollar / South African Rand, the 30 sessions to 23 July 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | USD/ZAR |
|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | 16.28 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | 16.17 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 16.18 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | 16.19 |
| 17 Jun 2026 | 16.36 |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 16.44 |
| 21 Jun 2026 | 16.45 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 16.39 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 16.54 |
| 24 Jun 2026 | 16.56 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 16.50 |
| 28 Jun 2026 | 16.47 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 16.42 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 16.37 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | 16.39 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 16.26 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | 16.23 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 16.20 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 16.32 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 16.40 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 16.32 |
| 12 Jul 2026 | 16.35 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 16.47 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 16.35 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 16.32 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 16.40 |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 16.55 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 16.50 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 16.46 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 16.39 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 16.82 |
The same day
Other quakes on 23 July 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin LMT | +10.54% | +6.1σ |
| RTX RTX | +7.33% | +5.4σ |
| US Dollar / Turkish Lira USD/TRY | +0.22% | +4.3σ |
| Tesla TSLA | −14.52% | −4.0σ |
| FTSE MIB MIB | −2.80% | −3.5σ |
| Alphabet GOOGL | −7.13% | −3.4σ |
| Amazon AMZN | −4.57% | −3.0σ |
US Dollar / South African Rand's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 1 October 2026: +1.70%, +3.4σ
How it is measured
The move is the close-to-close return; its size is that return divided by the standard deviation of US Dollar / South African Rand'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 US Dollar / South African Rand'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.