British Pound / Australian Dollar: a 3.1σ rise on 29 July 2026
Recorded 28 October 2026On 29 July 2026 British Pound / Australian Dollar rose 0.83% close to close, 3.1 times its typical daily move of 0.27% over the 20 sessions before it: larger than every one of the 4 sessions on record before it. 24 other instruments of the 200 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- +0.83%
- Size
- +3.1σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.27%
- Close
- 1.9207
- Previous close, 28 July 2026
- 1.9049
- Since, to 7 November 2026
- +1.24%
British Pound / Australian Dollar, the 20 sessions to 29 July 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | GBP/AUD |
|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2026 | 1.9269 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 1.9285 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | 1.9248 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1.9257 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 1.9279 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 1.9305 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 1.9318 |
| 12 Jul 2026 | 1.9281 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1.9293 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 1.9202 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 1.9317 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 1.9252 |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 1.9263 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1.9185 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 1.9108 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 1.9133 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 1.9105 |
| 26 Jul 2026 | 1.9086 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 1.9020 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 1.9049 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 1.9207 |
The same day
Other quakes on 29 July 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Euro / Australian Dollar EUR/AUD | +0.94% | +4.7σ |
| Australian Dollar / Swiss Franc AUD/CHF | −0.96% | −4.0σ |
| Dow Jones DJI | −2.19% | −3.6σ |
| US 13-Week Treasury Yield US3M | −2.71% | −3.5σ |
| Caterpillar CAT | −6.91% | −3.0σ |
| Euro / US Dollar EUR/USD | +0.71% | +3.0σ |
| JPMorgan Chase JPM | −3.53% | −3.0σ |
| US Dollar / Danish Krone USD/DKK | −0.71% | −3.0σ |
British Pound / Australian Dollar's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 15 October 2026: +1.19%, +3.9σ
- 30 September 2026: +0.89%, +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 British Pound / Australian 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 / Australian 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.