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Volatility on Exness — Measured Daily Ranges, Gaps and Risk per Lot

Average daily range, volatility regime, weekend gaps and what one lot actually swings in dollars — computed from Exness’s own MT5 price history. measured 18 Jul · 10:58 +03.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD49.7 pips51.2 pipssteady (0.97)4.21%0.2 pips
GBP/USD73.3 pips68.6 pipssteady (1.07)5.85%0.2 pips
USD/JPY76.3 pips55.4 pipsexpanding (1.38)2.93%0.2 pips
AUD/USD37.2 pips43.7 pipscontracting (0.85)6.64%0.2 pips
USD/CAD48.8 pips48.9 pipssteady (1.00)3.21%0.2 pips
USD/CHF52.4 pips46.2 pipsexpanding (1.13)5.47%0.2 pips
NZD/USD39 pips42.6 pipscontracting (0.92)7.89%0.3 pips
EUR/GBP27.8 pips22.6 pipsexpanding (1.23)3.25%0.2 pips
EUR/JPY72.1 pips73 pipssteady (0.99)3.72%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY102 pips95.8 pipssteady (1.06)5.06%0.5 pips
AUD/JPY54.4 pips63 pipscontracting (0.86)6.11%0.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$86.02$91.80steady (0.94)22.56%$0.08
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.37$2.81contracting (0.84)51.49%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$2.56$3.30contracting (0.78)42.99%$0.01
UK Oil (Brent)$2.87$3.57contracting (0.80)50.81%$1.86
BTC/USD$1,777.63$2,225.47contracting (0.80)31.88%$4.26
ETH/USD$72.18$82.96contracting (0.87)46.37%$0.08
US500 (S&P 500)65.9 pts79.9 ptscontracting (0.83)11.77%0.1 pts
US30 (Dow)491.1 pts548.9 ptscontracting (0.89)11.07%0.5 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)550.9 pts584.4 ptssteady (0.94)22.37%0.6 pts
DE30 (DAX)336.9 pts341.8 ptssteady (0.99)15.16%12.2 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)2,060.8 pts1,945.1 ptssteady (1.06)31.02%6.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)119.4 pts119.9 ptssteady (1.00)12.8%8.0 pts

ADR = average daily high–low. Regime compares the last 14 sessions to the last 50: expanding markets need wider stops and smaller size; contracting ones the opposite. Weekend gap = average Monday open vs Friday close.

Risk per lot — size by dollars, not lots

InstrumentADRValue of 1 pip/pt ($/lot)Typical daily swing per lot
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.37$50.00$11,830
XAU/USD (Gold)$86.02$1.00$8,602
UK Oil (Brent)$2.87$10.00$2,874
US Oil (WTI)$2.56$10.00$2,560
BTC/USD$1,777.63$0.01$1,778
GBP/USD73.3 pips$10.00$733
USD/CHF52.4 pips$12.38$649
GBP/JPY102 pips$6.16$628
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)550.9 pts$0.01$551
EUR/USD49.7 pips$10.00$497
US30 (Dow)491.1 pts$0.10$491
USD/JPY76.3 pips$6.16$470
EUR/JPY72.1 pips$6.16$444
NZD/USD39 pips$10.00$390
DE30 (DAX)336.9 pts$0.114$385
EUR/GBP27.8 pips$13.45$374
AUD/USD37.2 pips$10.00$372
USD/CAD48.8 pips$7.13$348
AUD/JPY54.4 pips$6.16$335
UK100 (FTSE 100)119.4 pts$0.0135$161
ETH/USD$72.18$0.01$72
US500 (S&P 500)65.9 pts$0.01$66
JP225 (Nikkei 225)2,060.8 pts$0.00062$13

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $11,830 on a typical day versus $13 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 926× the daily exposure. Position size compares fairly only when it is set from the dollar swing, which is what the lot size calculator does.

Range by weekday

InstrumentMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
EUR/USD47.9 pips53.9 pips60.7 pips63.2 pips59.5 pips
GBP/USD75.2 pips67.9 pips91.7 pips90 pips72.4 pips
USD/JPY53.8 pips60.9 pips50.9 pips83.2 pips56.4 pips
AUD/USD37.9 pips56.1 pips52.9 pips48.2 pips50.4 pips
USD/CAD41.4 pips51 pips57.3 pips60.2 pips52.9 pips
USD/CHF39.5 pips46.3 pips52.5 pips56.2 pips48.3 pips
NZD/USD40.3 pips45.7 pips57.2 pips46.2 pips46.2 pips
EUR/GBP31.8 pips24 pips31 pips25.1 pips22.3 pips
EUR/JPY76.2 pips85 pips79 pips76.6 pips84.7 pips
GBP/JPY114.8 pips103.3 pips119.9 pips105.7 pips100 pips
AUD/JPY57.1 pips89.8 pips71.2 pips73.9 pips68.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$86.43$106.66$120.85$110.49$90.95
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.94$3.54$4.02$3.69$3.35
US Oil (WTI)$3.95$3.75$4.11$3.95$3.04
UK Oil (Brent)$3.98$3.53$4.97$4.44$3.29
BTC/USD$2,320.03$2,492.68$2,501.67$2,385.36$2,231.69
ETH/USD$86.56$91.14$87.98$83.82$86.39
US500 (S&P 500)72.9 pts91.9 pts96.5 pts91.8 pts85.2 pts
US30 (Dow)506.0 pts612.2 pts711.1 pts660.5 pts524.6 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)528.3 pts737.5 pts652.1 pts686.8 pts573.6 pts
DE30 (DAX)375.7 pts404.7 pts423.8 pts439.1 pts330.6 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,898.3 pts2,268.9 pts2,270.5 pts2,074.9 pts1,928.9 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)126.7 pts130.6 pts139.8 pts176.9 pts112.0 pts

Average daily range by day of week over the ADR window. Differences are indicative — news weeks reshuffle them.

How this was measured

  • Daily ranges, gaps and closes read from D1 history on Exness's own MT5 feed.
  • Realized volatility annualized from close-to-close daily returns.
  • Dollar swing per lot = ADR × the contract's per-pip value from the symbol specification.
  • Past ranges do not predict future ranges; figures refresh on a schedule.

Measured in-terminal on Exness’s own MetaTrader 5 pricing feed and symbol specifications, refreshed on a schedule. All figures are indicative and change with market conditions.

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