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

Average daily range, volatility regime, weekend gaps and what one lot actually swings in dollars — computed from Exness’s own MT5 price history. measured 20 Aug · 07:58 UTC.

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Average daily range and regime

InstrumentADR (14 sessions)ADR (50 sessions)RegimeRealized vol (ann.)Avg weekend gap
EUR/USD39 pips46.9 pipscontracting (0.83)4.44%0.3 pips
GBP/USD46.6 pips62.4 pipscontracting (0.75)5.33%0.3 pips
USD/JPY86.8 pips87.8 pipssteady (0.99)6.71%0.2 pips
AUD/USD35.2 pips38.9 pipscontracting (0.90)5.64%0.2 pips
USD/CAD48.3 pips47.9 pipssteady (1.01)3.81%0.2 pips
USD/CHF49.2 pips48.1 pipssteady (1.02)6.68%0.2 pips
NZD/USD34.5 pips37 pipssteady (0.93)6.85%0.2 pips
EUR/GBP16.4 pips22.1 pipscontracting (0.74)2.97%0.2 pips
EUR/JPY72.2 pips90.5 pipscontracting (0.80)5.98%0.3 pips
GBP/JPY91.1 pips114.7 pipscontracting (0.79)6.42%0.5 pips
AUD/JPY59.8 pips69.6 pipscontracting (0.86)6.89%0.2 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$96.02$84.36expanding (1.14)22.85%$0.09
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.46$2.39steady (1.03)39.78%$0.01
US Oil (WTI)$2.71$2.89steady (0.94)44.45%$0.00
UK Oil (Brent)$3.22$3.38steady (0.95)52.99%$2.12
BTC/USD$1,414.68$1,619.56contracting (0.87)26.94%$3.43
ETH/USD$64.22$66.88steady (0.96)45.76%$0.08
US500 (S&P 500)56.8 pts73.4 ptscontracting (0.77)10.26%0.2 pts
US30 (Dow)405.8 pts504.4 ptscontracting (0.80)9.71%0.8 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)407.8 pts553.9 ptscontracting (0.74)20.76%0.5 pts
DE30 (DAX)203.7 pts293.2 ptscontracting (0.69)11.82%5.2 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,554.8 pts1,960.6 ptscontracting (0.79)29.51%7.0 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)74.1 pts107.4 ptscontracting (0.69)9.6%9.8 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)$2.46$50.00$12,310
XAU/USD (Gold)$96.02$1.00$9,602
UK Oil (Brent)$3.22$10.00$3,222
US Oil (WTI)$2.71$10.00$2,706
BTC/USD$1,414.68$0.01$1,415
USD/CHF49.2 pips$12.51$616
GBP/JPY91.1 pips$6.31$575
USD/JPY86.8 pips$6.31$548
GBP/USD46.6 pips$10.00$466
EUR/JPY72.2 pips$6.31$456
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)407.8 pts$0.01$408
US30 (Dow)405.8 pts$0.10$406
EUR/USD39 pips$10.00$390
AUD/JPY59.8 pips$6.31$377
AUD/USD35.2 pips$10.00$352
USD/CAD48.3 pips$7.25$350
NZD/USD34.5 pips$10.00$345
DE30 (DAX)203.7 pts$0.117$238
EUR/GBP16.4 pips$13.63$223
UK100 (FTSE 100)74.1 pts$0.0136$101
ETH/USD$64.22$0.01$64
US500 (S&P 500)56.8 pts$0.01$57
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,554.8 pts$0.00063$10

The same ‘1 lot’ carries very different risk across instruments: in this sample a lot of XAG/USD (Silver) swings about $12,310 on a typical day versus $10 for JP225 (Nikkei 225) — roughly 1,257× 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/USD47.7 pips45.4 pips67.5 pips64.4 pips53.9 pips
GBP/USD67.7 pips57.3 pips94.1 pips87.2 pips61.9 pips
USD/JPY90.6 pips60.1 pips70.6 pips139.4 pips105.1 pips
AUD/USD35 pips49.6 pips46.1 pips47.1 pips40.7 pips
USD/CAD47.9 pips54.1 pips65.8 pips57.1 pips53.6 pips
USD/CHF45 pips39.9 pips66.5 pips65.8 pips46.9 pips
NZD/USD35.4 pips44.8 pips48.7 pips50 pips36.5 pips
EUR/GBP27.7 pips20.9 pips31.4 pips22.6 pips20.1 pips
EUR/JPY103.8 pips76.6 pips91.3 pips115.4 pips109.8 pips
GBP/JPY137.9 pips90.5 pips125.8 pips150.1 pips129 pips
AUD/JPY71.8 pips84.4 pips63.2 pips85.9 pips72.4 pips
XAU/USD (Gold)$73.95$89.42$134.86$110.51$82.92
XAG/USD (Silver)$2.06$2.87$3.64$3.17$2.41
US Oil (WTI)$3.49$3.61$3.13$3.63$3.01
UK Oil (Brent)$3.58$3.72$3.19$3.73$3.04
BTC/USD$2,209.50$1,758.82$2,495.54$1,861.44$1,917.08
ETH/USD$78.89$65.53$117.17$68.96$67.05
US500 (S&P 500)78.4 pts85.6 pts87.4 pts99.9 pts72.2 pts
US30 (Dow)495.7 pts611.0 pts681.0 pts674.8 pts451.0 pts
USTEC (Nasdaq 100)566.7 pts707.2 pts607.2 pts792.1 pts482.7 pts
DE30 (DAX)293.1 pts351.8 pts320.2 pts412.2 pts309.8 pts
JP225 (Nikkei 225)1,889.0 pts2,520.7 pts2,297.7 pts2,316.8 pts1,983.7 pts
UK100 (FTSE 100)108.1 pts120.6 pts121.0 pts162.0 pts119.8 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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