US Dollar / Japanese Yen: a 3.8σ fall on 22 October 2026
Recorded 24 October 2026On 22 October 2026 US Dollar / Japanese Yen fell 1.04% close to close, 3.8 times its typical daily move of 0.27% over the 20 sessions before it: its largest move since 3 September 2026. 53 other instruments of the 199 measured that day moved 2σ or more.
The day
Daily closes, as recorded the night after
- Move
- −1.04%
- Size
- −3.8σ
- Typical day before it
- 0.27%
- Close
- 156.49
- Previous close, 21 October 2026
- 158.13
- Since, to 30 October 2026
- +0.81%
US Dollar / Japanese Yen, the 30 sessions to 22 October 2026
Daily closes; the last point is the quake
Show values
| Point | USD/JPY |
|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | 154.5 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 153.4 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 154.4 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 155.3 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 156.0 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 156.1 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 157.0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 157.4 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 157.5 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 158.3 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 158.8 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 157.5 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 157.4 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 157.4 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 157.6 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 157.9 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 157.7 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 158.0 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 158.3 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 158.1 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 158.1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 158.2 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 158.5 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 158.3 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 158.0 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 158.1 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 157.8 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 158.5 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 158.3 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 158.1 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 156.5 |
The same day
Other quakes on 22 October 2026
| Instrument | Move | Size |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar / Hong Kong Dollar USD/HKD | −0.13% | −12.9σ |
| 2-Year T-Note Futures ZT | +0.35% | +5.7σ |
| US 5-Year Treasury Yield US5Y | −4.10% | −5.2σ |
| 10-Year T-Note Futures ZN | +1.23% | +5.0σ |
| US 10-Year Treasury Yield US10Y | −3.75% | −4.8σ |
| Lockheed Martin LMT | +6.96% | +4.6σ |
| 30-Year T-Bond Futures ZB | +2.10% | +3.7σ |
| ASML ASML | −6.93% | −3.6σ |
| US 30-Year Treasury Yield US30Y | −2.79% | −3.6σ |
| Euro / Japanese Yen EUR/JPY | −1.16% | −3.5σ |
| New Zealand Dollar / Japanese Yen NZD/JPY | −1.37% | −3.4σ |
| Euro / Polish Zloty EUR/PLN | +0.46% | +3.0σ |
| Hang Seng HSI | −3.03% | −3.0σ |
US Dollar / Japanese Yen's other quakes
On record, newest first
- 3 September 2026: −2.05%, −5.3σ
- 2 August 2026: −1.62%, −3.3σ
- 30 July 2026: −1.91%, −6.9σ
- 2 July 2026: −0.67%, −3.8σ
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 / 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 US Dollar / 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.