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Forex volatility by session

How far each market normally travels in a day and in each session, and the hours when it moves most.

Education only — computed from a broker MT5 demo feed; not investment advice. We publish statistics worked out from the feed, not its candles.

MarketDayAsiaLondonNew YorkLate USPeak hours

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How to use the ranges

The numbers are 20-day averages in pips (points for indices and Bitcoin). Use them to set stops and targets that fit the market: on a pair that usually moves 70 pips a day, a 100-pip target is a stretch for one day; a 5-pip stop on gold, which often moves 200 pips in London alone, will be hit by noise. Peak hours are shown in UTC, Pakistan and India time.

Session windows are fixed in UTC, so they shift by an hour against local time when summer time starts or ends. See the sessions and killzones clock for the exact times today.

Questions

What is average daily range (ADR)?

The average distance between the daily high and low over the last 20 trading days.

Why is gold measured in pips of $0.10?

That is the common pip for XAUUSD: 100 pips equal a $10 move.

When is the market most volatile?

Usually around the London open and the London-New York overlap; the peak hours column shows each market's busiest hours from the last 20 days.

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