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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 13 Jul · 12:54 PKT.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD43.8 pips49.3 pipscontracting (0.89)4.23%0.2 pips
GBP/USD56.7 pips65.9 pipscontracting (0.86)5.46%0.2 pips
USD/JPY68.4 pips54.4 pipsexpanding (1.26)3.33%0.2 pips
AUD/USD34.3 pips45.2 pipscontracting (0.76)6.61%0.2 pips
USD/CAD42.4 pips46.3 pipscontracting (0.92)2.84%0.2 pips
USD/CHF39.8 pips43.3 pipscontracting (0.92)5.16%0.1 pips
NZD/USD32.5 pips42.4 pipscontracting (0.77)7.95%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP23.5 pips22.2 pipssteady (1.06)2.95%0.1 pips
EUR/JPY77.9 pips73 pipssteady (1.07)3.94%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY95.7 pips94.9 pipssteady (1.01)4.97%0.5 pips
AUD/JPY54.3 pips65.2 pipscontracting (0.83)6.22%0.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$83.34$92.25contracting (0.90)22.72%$0.08
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.40$3.01contracting (0.80)52.36%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$2.09$3.29contracting (0.63)42.38%$0.01
UK Oil (Brent)$2.69$3.90contracting (0.69)49.43%$1.81
BTC/USD$1,933.23$2,208.63contracting (0.88)30.43%$4.81
ETH/USD$72.92$81.11contracting (0.90)44.31%$0.08
US500 (S&P 500)69.2 pts80.5 ptscontracting (0.86)12%0.1 pts
US30 (Dow)454.5 pts547.6 ptscontracting (0.83)11.34%0.5 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)532.6 pts570.8 ptssteady (0.93)22.46%0.6 pts
DE30 (DAX)309.7 pts350.3 ptscontracting (0.88)17.03%22.9 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,956.6 pts1,872.1 ptssteady (1.05)30.3%6.2 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)109.7 pts120.0 ptscontracting (0.91)13.37%8.2 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)$2.40$50.00$11,990
XAU/USD (Gold)$83.34$1.00$8,334
UK Oil (Brent)$2.69$10.00$2,690
US Oil (WTI)$2.09$10.00$2,086
BTC/USD$1,933.23$0.01$1,933
GBP/JPY95.7 pips$6.16$590
GBP/USD56.7 pips$10.00$567
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)532.6 pts$0.01$533
USD/CHF39.8 pips$12.36$492
EUR/JPY77.9 pips$6.16$480
US30 (Dow)454.5 pts$0.10$454
EUR/USD43.8 pips$10.00$438
USD/JPY68.4 pips$6.16$421
DE30 (DAX)309.7 pts$0.11$353
AUD/USD34.3 pips$10.00$343
AUD/JPY54.3 pips$6.16$335
NZD/USD32.5 pips$10.00$325
EUR/GBP23.5 pips$13.38$314
USD/CAD42.4 pips$7.06$299
UK100 (FTSE 100)109.7 pts$0.01$147
ETH/USD$72.92$0.01$73
US500 (S&P 500)69.2 pts$0.01$69
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,956.6 pts$0.0006$12

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $11,990 on a typical day versus $12 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 988× 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/USD46.8 pips50.4 pips61.6 pips64.5 pips59.5 pips
GBP/USD77 pips64.4 pips82 pips90.5 pips72.4 pips
USD/JPY63.5 pips60.8 pips74.2 pips86.8 pips56.4 pips
AUD/USD40.6 pips55.3 pips55.9 pips51.8 pips50.4 pips
USD/CAD40.8 pips43.7 pips58.4 pips59.9 pips52.9 pips
USD/CHF36.8 pips41.2 pips49.3 pips55.3 pips48.3 pips
NZD/USD42.4 pips43 pips60.8 pips48.9 pips46.2 pips
EUR/GBP31.2 pips23.2 pips25.2 pips24.5 pips22.3 pips
EUR/JPY83.1 pips89 pips101 pips80.8 pips84.7 pips
GBP/JPY127 pips111.3 pips129.9 pips105.4 pips100 pips
AUD/JPY63.5 pips94.6 pips85 pips74.7 pips68.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$87.74$102.90$127.91$109.56$90.95
XAG/USD (Silver)$3.09$3.44$4.20$3.95$3.35
US Oil (WTI)$3.95$4.03$5.03$4.46$3.04
UK Oil (Brent)$3.74$3.77$5.18$4.71$3.29
BTC/USD$2,210.67$2,442.08$2,673.90$2,597.93$2,362.30
ETH/USD$84.46$86.91$88.73$84.93$89.59
US500 (S&P 500)73.2 pts93.4 pts100.7 pts90.7 pts85.2 pts
US30 (Dow)523.7 pts589.9 pts737.3 pts676.5 pts524.6 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)492.6 pts744.0 pts640.9 pts653.9 pts573.6 pts
DE30 (DAX)394.3 pts429.7 pts459.1 pts470.0 pts330.6 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,716.5 pts2,218.8 pts2,224.9 pts1,996.3 pts1,928.9 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)132.3 pts127.0 pts145.5 pts182.3 pts111.4 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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