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

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 Aug · 07:53 UTC.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD49.2 pips49.2 pipssteady (1.00)4.4%0.2 pips
GBP/USD60.1 pips67.2 pipscontracting (0.89)5.45%0.2 pips
USD/JPY153.9 pips86.9 pipsexpanding (1.77)6.54%0.2 pips
AUD/USD42.4 pips39.1 pipsexpanding (1.08)6.25%0.2 pips
USD/CAD50.6 pips49 pipssteady (1.03)3.53%0.2 pips
USD/CHF53.4 pips47.6 pipsexpanding (1.12)5.91%0.2 pips
NZD/USD37.8 pips37.2 pipssteady (1.02)6.92%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP18.2 pips23.1 pipscontracting (0.79)2.91%0.1 pips
EUR/JPY150.9 pips95.3 pipsexpanding (1.58)6.09%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY184.5 pips123.3 pipsexpanding (1.50)6.49%0.6 pips
AUD/JPY104.7 pips70.6 pipsexpanding (1.48)7.24%0.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$85.54$83.48steady (1.02)25.19%$0.09
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.20$2.44contracting (0.90)45.33%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$3.29$3.05expanding (1.08)47.48%$0.00
UK Oil (Brent)$3.87$3.52expanding (1.10)55.33%$2.51
BTC/USD$1,288.58$1,714.16contracting (0.75)23.76%$3.83
ETH/USD$49.27$66.45contracting (0.74)34.06%$0.09
US500 (S&P 500)79.2 pts75.5 ptssteady (1.05)12.95%0.2 pts
US30 (Dow)589.7 pts523.6 ptsexpanding (1.13)11.89%0.8 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)551.9 pts574.0 ptssteady (0.96)24.9%0.5 pts
DE30 (DAX)264.9 pts306.8 ptscontracting (0.86)13.84%5.4 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,896.9 pts1,978.5 ptssteady (0.96)33.3%7.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)99.5 pts111.3 ptscontracting (0.89)11.07%10.7 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)$2.20$50.00$10,990
XAU/USD (Gold)$85.54$1.00$8,554
UK Oil (Brent)$3.87$10.00$3,865
US Oil (WTI)$3.29$10.00$3,295
BTC/USD$1,288.58$0.01$1,289
GBP/JPY184.5 pips$6.28$1,158
USD/JPY153.9 pips$6.28$966
EUR/JPY150.9 pips$6.28$947
AUD/JPY104.7 pips$6.28$657
USD/CHF53.4 pips$12.29$657
GBP/USD60.1 pips$10.00$601
US30 (Dow)589.7 pts$0.10$590
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)551.9 pts$0.01$552
EUR/USD49.2 pips$10.00$492
AUD/USD42.4 pips$10.00$424
NZD/USD37.8 pips$10.00$378
USD/CAD50.6 pips$7.17$363
DE30 (DAX)264.9 pts$0.115$305
EUR/GBP18.2 pips$13.48$245
UK100 (FTSE 100)99.5 pts$0.0135$134
US500 (S&P 500)79.2 pts$0.01$79
ETH/USD$49.27$0.01$49
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,896.9 pts$0.00063$12

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $10,990 on a typical day versus $12 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 920× 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/USD48.9 pips48.3 pips61.3 pips65.7 pips61.3 pips
GBP/USD70.6 pips61.8 pips90.8 pips88.4 pips69.9 pips
USD/JPY88.5 pips59.4 pips57.8 pips138.4 pips102.4 pips
AUD/USD34.9 pips52.2 pips44.9 pips47.3 pips47.3 pips
USD/CAD48.1 pips54.2 pips61.2 pips58.3 pips55.4 pips
USD/CHF43.4 pips41.7 pips54.7 pips67.8 pips52.4 pips
NZD/USD36.6 pips45.9 pips45.5 pips48.3 pips41.4 pips
EUR/GBP27.9 pips21.8 pips29.4 pips22.6 pips21.4 pips
EUR/JPY107.5 pips81.5 pips87.3 pips118.3 pips118.4 pips
GBP/JPY141.5 pips100.1 pips123.4 pips154.5 pips139.6 pips
AUD/JPY70.4 pips85.7 pips62 pips86 pips82.1 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$76.39$93.84$135.01$107.14$90.73
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.16$2.96$3.61$3.19$2.81
US Oil (WTI)$3.58$3.99$3.47$3.70$3.15
UK Oil (Brent)$3.59$3.85$3.38$4.03$3.25
BTC/USD$2,214.85$1,824.57$2,080.56$2,035.69$1,950.02
ETH/USD$89.26$70.29$78.66$75.92$68.61
US500 (S&P 500)81.5 pts103.6 pts97.9 pts101.2 pts90.7 pts
US30 (Dow)525.1 pts688.2 pts750.9 pts732.0 pts534.9 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)615.1 pts808.3 pts666.7 pts789.7 pts605.7 pts
DE30 (DAX)311.2 pts390.4 pts365.4 pts426.3 pts347.3 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)2,034.8 pts2,501.6 pts2,385.7 pts2,273.9 pts2,233.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)112.0 pts132.0 pts132.5 pts169.8 pts121.9 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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