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

Average daily range, volatility regime, weekend gaps and what one lot actually swings in dollars — computed from Exness’s own MT5 price history. measured 11 Sep · 07:59 UTC.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD37.8 pips41.7 pipscontracting (0.91)3.88%0.3 pips
GBP/USD46.2 pips56.3 pipscontracting (0.82)4.64%0.3 pips
USD/JPY124.2 pips104.8 pipsexpanding (1.19)8.71%0.2 pips
AUD/USD34.5 pips36.7 pipssteady (0.94)5.44%0.2 pips
USD/CAD54.3 pips49.7 pipsexpanding (1.09)3.87%0.2 pips
USD/CHF44.6 pips47.4 pipssteady (0.94)6.56%0.2 pips
NZD/USD40.1 pips37.3 pipsexpanding (1.08)6.81%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP16.9 pips19.6 pipscontracting (0.86)2.44%0.1 pips
EUR/JPY120.7 pips100 pipsexpanding (1.21)7.45%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY143.1 pips127.1 pipsexpanding (1.13)7.86%0.5 pips
AUD/JPY81.9 pips75.2 pipsexpanding (1.09)7.71%0.1 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$96.44$84.77expanding (1.14)23.42%$0.10
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.33$2.20steady (1.06)37.43%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$3.01$3.03steady (0.99)43.28%$0.00
UK Oil (Brent)$3.49$3.42steady (1.02)51.87%$1.76
BTC/USD$2,316.24$2,008.24expanding (1.15)32.24%$1.19
ETH/USD$90.01$81.78expanding (1.10)47.29%$0.09
US500 (S&P 500)58.4 pts66.0 ptscontracting (0.89)10.12%0.2 pts
US30 (Dow)432.3 pts473.1 ptscontracting (0.91)10.39%1.4 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)332.9 pts451.1 ptscontracting (0.74)18.17%0.5 pts
DE30 (DAX)245.9 pts253.6 ptssteady (0.97)10.9%5.0 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,470.0 pts1,662.2 ptscontracting (0.88)26.62%6.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)93.3 pts98.8 ptssteady (0.94)9.32%10.8 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)$2.33$50.00$11,660
XAU/USD (Gold)$96.44$1.00$9,644
UK Oil (Brent)$3.49$10.00$3,490
US Oil (WTI)$3.01$10.00$3,012
BTC/USD$2,316.24$0.01$2,316
GBP/JPY143.1 pips$6.49$929
USD/JPY124.2 pips$6.49$806
EUR/JPY120.7 pips$6.49$783
USD/CHF44.6 pips$12.30$548
AUD/JPY81.9 pips$6.49$531
GBP/USD46.2 pips$10.00$462
US30 (Dow)432.3 pts$0.10$432
NZD/USD40.1 pips$10.00$401
USD/CAD54.3 pips$7.23$392
EUR/USD37.8 pips$10.00$378
AUD/USD34.5 pips$10.00$345
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)332.9 pts$0.01$333
DE30 (DAX)245.9 pts$0.116$286
EUR/GBP16.9 pips$13.52$229
UK100 (FTSE 100)93.3 pts$0.0135$126
ETH/USD$90.01$0.01$90
US500 (S&P 500)58.4 pts$0.01$58
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,470.0 pts$0.00065$10

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $11,660 on a typical day versus $10 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 1,220× 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/USD43 pips38.7 pips53.8 pips50 pips53.7 pips
GBP/USD57.3 pips51.4 pips76.7 pips68.5 pips64.4 pips
USD/JPY111 pips69.6 pips91.6 pips156.7 pips124.5 pips
AUD/USD35.4 pips40.6 pips41.8 pips42.5 pips44.7 pips
USD/CAD51.3 pips53.1 pips65.7 pips49.9 pips61.6 pips
USD/CHF44.9 pips41.4 pips60.5 pips60.9 pips51.2 pips
NZD/USD32.6 pips42.9 pips50.9 pips45.8 pips40.8 pips
EUR/GBP21.7 pips21.1 pips28.2 pips20.1 pips18.3 pips
EUR/JPY116.3 pips68.2 pips91.3 pips137.8 pips115.6 pips
GBP/JPY145.5 pips82.2 pips133.7 pips175.2 pips141.3 pips
AUD/JPY82.5 pips70.6 pips66.1 pips94 pips82.5 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$71.23$93.54$117.28$97.77$101.00
XAG/USD (Silver)$1.93$2.57$2.82$2.75$2.51
US Oil (WTI)$3.34$3.90$3.05$3.85$2.71
UK Oil (Brent)$3.18$3.76$3.09$3.70$2.74
BTC/USD$2,136.31$1,982.69$1,966.31$2,326.99$2,915.82
ETH/USD$79.09$72.91$109.43$79.73$95.70
US500 (S&P 500)63.0 pts77.6 pts77.5 pts88.0 pts65.2 pts
US30 (Dow)454.8 pts597.5 pts592.1 pts617.4 pts459.9 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)462.0 pts596.5 pts511.6 pts596.5 pts428.7 pts
DE30 (DAX)269.6 pts335.1 pts325.2 pts299.4 pts271.2 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,663.4 pts2,318.0 pts1,990.2 pts1,844.7 pts1,832.9 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)95.4 pts111.6 pts126.0 pts136.0 pts110.9 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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