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

Average daily range, volatility regime, weekend gaps and what one lot actually swings in dollars — computed from Exness’s own MT5 price history. measured 12 Aug · 07:55 UTC.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD50 pips49.1 pipssteady (1.02)4.39%0.2 pips
GBP/USD61.7 pips67.2 pipscontracting (0.92)5.45%0.2 pips
USD/JPY150.3 pips86 pipsexpanding (1.75)6.54%0.2 pips
AUD/USD41.6 pips38.8 pipsexpanding (1.07)6.25%0.2 pips
USD/CAD51.8 pips49.1 pipssteady (1.05)3.53%0.2 pips
USD/CHF54.2 pips47.3 pipsexpanding (1.15)5.92%0.2 pips
NZD/USD38.5 pips37.5 pipssteady (1.03)6.88%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP19 pips23.4 pipscontracting (0.81)2.91%0.1 pips
EUR/JPY150.1 pips94.6 pipsexpanding (1.59)6.09%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY186.1 pips122.6 pipsexpanding (1.52)6.49%0.6 pips
AUD/JPY102.3 pips70.1 pipsexpanding (1.46)7.24%0.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$83.85$83.66steady (1.00)25.11%$0.09
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.19$2.43contracting (0.90)45.33%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$3.43$3.05expanding (1.12)47.71%$0.00
UK Oil (Brent)$4.06$3.54expanding (1.15)55.33%$2.51
BTC/USD$1,309.57$1,737.49contracting (0.75)24.11%$3.83
ETH/USD$49.97$67.43contracting (0.74)34.42%$0.09
US500 (S&P 500)83.7 pts76.5 ptsexpanding (1.09)12.99%0.2 pts
US30 (Dow)610.6 pts526.3 ptsexpanding (1.16)12.32%0.8 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)583.9 pts578.0 ptssteady (1.01)24.88%0.5 pts
DE30 (DAX)273.4 pts307.3 ptscontracting (0.89)13.89%5.4 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,888.8 pts1,962.9 ptssteady (0.96)33.18%7.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)103.5 pts113.6 ptscontracting (0.91)11.13%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)$2.19$50.00$10,930
XAU/USD (Gold)$83.85$1.00$8,385
UK Oil (Brent)$4.06$10.00$4,063
US Oil (WTI)$3.43$10.00$3,426
BTC/USD$1,309.57$0.01$1,310
GBP/JPY186.1 pips$6.27$1,168
USD/JPY150.3 pips$6.27$943
EUR/JPY150.1 pips$6.27$942
USD/CHF54.2 pips$12.31$667
AUD/JPY102.3 pips$6.27$642
GBP/USD61.7 pips$10.00$617
US30 (Dow)610.6 pts$0.10$611
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)583.9 pts$0.01$584
EUR/USD50 pips$10.00$500
AUD/USD41.6 pips$10.00$416
NZD/USD38.5 pips$10.00$385
USD/CAD51.8 pips$7.18$372
DE30 (DAX)273.4 pts$0.115$315
EUR/GBP19 pips$13.51$257
UK100 (FTSE 100)103.5 pts$0.0135$140
US500 (S&P 500)83.7 pts$0.01$84
ETH/USD$49.97$0.01$50
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,888.8 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 $10,930 on a typical day versus $12 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 919× 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 pips60.8 pips65.7 pips61.3 pips
GBP/USD70.6 pips61.8 pips91 pips88.4 pips69.9 pips
USD/JPY88.5 pips59.4 pips55.2 pips138.4 pips102.4 pips
AUD/USD34.9 pips52.2 pips46.8 pips47.3 pips47.3 pips
USD/CAD48.1 pips54.2 pips63.6 pips58.3 pips55.4 pips
USD/CHF43.4 pips41.7 pips55.5 pips67.8 pips52.4 pips
NZD/USD36.6 pips45.9 pips50.2 pips48.3 pips41.4 pips
EUR/GBP27.9 pips21.8 pips29.6 pips22.6 pips21.4 pips
EUR/JPY107.5 pips81.5 pips88.1 pips118.3 pips118.4 pips
GBP/JPY141.5 pips100.1 pips124.4 pips154.5 pips139.6 pips
AUD/JPY70.4 pips85.7 pips64.6 pips86 pips82.1 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$76.39$93.84$134.85$107.14$90.73
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.16$2.96$3.69$3.19$2.81
US Oil (WTI)$3.58$3.99$3.55$3.70$3.15
UK Oil (Brent)$3.59$3.85$3.86$4.03$3.25
BTC/USD$2,214.85$1,824.57$2,191.66$2,035.69$1,950.02
ETH/USD$89.26$70.29$81.86$75.92$68.61
US500 (S&P 500)81.5 pts103.6 pts103.1 pts101.2 pts90.7 pts
US30 (Dow)525.1 pts688.2 pts786.4 pts732.0 pts534.9 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)615.1 pts808.3 pts672.4 pts789.7 pts605.7 pts
DE30 (DAX)311.2 pts390.4 pts385.5 pts426.3 pts347.3 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)2,034.8 pts2,501.6 pts2,331.7 pts2,273.9 pts2,233.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)112.0 pts132.0 pts138.6 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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