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

Average daily range, volatility regime, weekend gaps and what one lot actually swings in dollars — computed from Exness’s own MT5 price history. measured 10 Sep · 13:20 IST.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD36.3 pips42.4 pipscontracting (0.86)3.85%0.3 pips
GBP/USD43.6 pips57 pipscontracting (0.76)4.59%0.3 pips
USD/JPY117.2 pips103.7 pipsexpanding (1.13)8.59%0.2 pips
AUD/USD31.8 pips36.9 pipscontracting (0.86)5.09%0.2 pips
USD/CAD54.5 pips51 pipssteady (1.07)3.84%0.2 pips
USD/CHF42.6 pips47.9 pipscontracting (0.89)6.53%0.2 pips
NZD/USD38.2 pips37.7 pipssteady (1.01)6.69%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP16.9 pips19.8 pipscontracting (0.85)2.44%0.1 pips
EUR/JPY115.9 pips99.3 pipsexpanding (1.17)7.39%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY139.3 pips126.5 pipsexpanding (1.10)7.83%0.5 pips
AUD/JPY78.6 pips75.6 pipssteady (1.04)7.71%0.1 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$94.14$84.69expanding (1.11)23.2%$0.10
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.18$2.16steady (1.01)35.68%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$2.83$2.93steady (0.97)41.59%$0.00
UK Oil (Brent)$3.04$3.30contracting (0.92)50.4%$1.76
BTC/USD$2,331.62$1,990.47expanding (1.17)32.28%$1.84
ETH/USD$90.44$81.12expanding (1.11)47.39%$0.09
US500 (S&P 500)56.5 pts66.0 ptscontracting (0.86)10.01%0.2 pts
US30 (Dow)409.8 pts474.0 ptscontracting (0.86)10.28%1.4 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)328.5 pts454.1 ptscontracting (0.72)18.09%0.5 pts
DE30 (DAX)241.4 pts255.9 ptssteady (0.94)10.84%5.0 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,439.1 pts1,667.2 ptscontracting (0.86)26.59%6.1 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)87.4 pts97.2 ptscontracting (0.90)9.3%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)$2.18$50.00$10,910
XAU/USD (Gold)$94.14$1.00$9,414
UK Oil (Brent)$3.04$10.00$3,038
US Oil (WTI)$2.83$10.00$2,834
BTC/USD$2,331.62$0.01$2,332
GBP/JPY139.3 pips$6.52$908
USD/JPY117.2 pips$6.52$764
EUR/JPY115.9 pips$6.52$755
USD/CHF42.6 pips$12.36$526
AUD/JPY78.6 pips$6.52$512
GBP/USD43.6 pips$10.00$436
US30 (Dow)409.8 pts$0.10$410
USD/CAD54.5 pips$7.24$395
NZD/USD38.2 pips$10.00$382
EUR/USD36.3 pips$10.00$363
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)328.5 pts$0.01$328
AUD/USD31.8 pips$10.00$318
DE30 (DAX)241.4 pts$0.116$281
EUR/GBP16.9 pips$13.55$229
UK100 (FTSE 100)87.4 pts$0.0135$118
ETH/USD$90.44$0.01$90
US500 (S&P 500)56.5 pts$0.01$57
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,439.1 pts$0.00065$9

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $10,910 on a typical day versus $9 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 1,166× 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 pips54.8 pips53.7 pips
GBP/USD57.3 pips51.4 pips76.7 pips72.7 pips64.4 pips
USD/JPY111 pips69.6 pips91.6 pips162.5 pips124.5 pips
AUD/USD35.4 pips40.6 pips41.8 pips41.6 pips44.7 pips
USD/CAD51.3 pips53.1 pips65.7 pips53.5 pips61.6 pips
USD/CHF44.9 pips41.4 pips60.5 pips63.3 pips51.2 pips
NZD/USD32.6 pips42.9 pips50.9 pips44.4 pips40.8 pips
EUR/GBP21.7 pips21.1 pips28.2 pips21.3 pips18.3 pips
EUR/JPY116.3 pips68.2 pips91.3 pips140.6 pips115.6 pips
GBP/JPY145.5 pips82.2 pips133.7 pips179.1 pips141.3 pips
AUD/JPY82.5 pips70.6 pips66.1 pips96.3 pips82.5 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$71.23$93.54$117.28$96.70$101.00
XAG/USD (Silver)$1.93$2.57$2.82$2.60$2.51
US Oil (WTI)$3.34$3.90$3.05$3.22$2.71
UK Oil (Brent)$3.18$3.76$3.09$3.29$2.74
BTC/USD$2,136.31$1,982.69$1,966.31$2,354.82$2,915.82
ETH/USD$79.09$72.91$109.43$79.75$95.70
US500 (S&P 500)63.0 pts77.6 pts77.5 pts91.4 pts65.2 pts
US30 (Dow)454.8 pts597.5 pts592.1 pts617.8 pts459.9 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)462.0 pts596.5 pts511.6 pts649.1 pts428.7 pts
DE30 (DAX)269.6 pts335.1 pts325.2 pts338.1 pts271.2 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,663.4 pts2,318.0 pts1,990.2 pts1,870.0 pts1,832.9 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)95.4 pts112.7 pts126.0 pts139.1 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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