British Pound / Japanese Yen: a 3.3σ fall on 2 September 2026
Recorded 7 October 2026On 2 September 2026 British Pound / Japanese Yen fell 1.00% close to close, 3.3 times its typical daily move of 0.30% over the 20 sessions before it: its largest move since 30 July 2026. 17 other instruments of the 199 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- −1.00%
- Size
- −3.3σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.30%
- Close
- 214.27
- Previous close, 1 September 2026
- 216.45
- Since, to 23 October 2026
- −2.27%
British Pound / Japanese Yen, the 30 sessions to 2 September 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | GBP/JPY |
|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | 218.1 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 218.1 |
| 26 Jul 2026 | 218.4 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 217.6 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 217.7 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 218.3 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 215.6 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | 212.6 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 211.5 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 212.1 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | 212.3 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 213.1 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 213.0 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 215.0 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 215.2 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | 215.0 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 215.1 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | 215.7 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 215.9 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 216.0 |
| 19 Aug 2026 | 215.2 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 216.8 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | 217.0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 217.0 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 217.3 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 216.5 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 216.6 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 216.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 216.4 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 216.4 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 214.3 |
The same day
Other quakes on 2 September 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Dollar / Canadian Dollar NZD/CAD | −1.12% | −4.6σ |
| New Zealand Dollar / Japanese Yen NZD/JPY | −1.53% | −4.5σ |
| Euro / Japanese Yen EUR/JPY | −0.85% | −4.2σ |
| British Pound / Canadian Dollar GBP/CAD | −0.60% | −4.2σ |
| Australian Dollar / New Zealand Dollar AUD/NZD | +1.00% | +3.8σ |
| Euro / New Zealand Dollar EUR/NZD | +0.69% | +3.1σ |
| Swiss Franc / Japanese Yen CHF/JPY | −0.95% | −3.0σ |
British Pound / Japanese Yen's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 3 September 2026: −1.72%, −4.4σ
- 2 August 2026: −1.40%, −3.1σ
- 30 July 2026: −1.22%, −3.5σ
- 15 July 2026: +0.97%, +3.0σ
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 / Japanese Yen'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 / Japanese Yen'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.