Exness Trading Hours — Spread and Movement by Hour · Kenya
How the measured spread and the average hourly movement change through the trading day on Exness’s MetaTrader 5 feed — measured 6 Sep · 07:46 UTC. Hours are platform server time.
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A trading hour is attractive when the market moves a lot relative to what entering costs. The last column divides the average hourly movement by the average spread in that hour — more movement per pip of spread means the hour is cheaper to trade relative to its opportunity, before strategy and news are considered.
BTC/USD hour by hour (measured)
| Hour (server) | Avg spread (pts) | Avg movement (pts) | Movement per pt of spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 1000 | 38697.1 | 39× |
| 01:00 | 1000 | 41032.6 | 41× |
| 02:00 | 1000 | 37368.6 | 37× |
| 03:00 | 1000 | 33934 | 34× |
| 04:00 | 1000 | 28714.4 | 29× |
| 05:00 | 1000 | 43354.6 | 43× |
| 06:00 | 1000 | 31611.1 | 32× |
| 07:00 | 1000 | 30559 | 31× |
| 08:00 | 1000 | 52917.7 | 53× |
| 09:00 | 1000 | 33019 | 33× |
| 10:00 | 1000 | 34368 | 34× |
| 11:00 | 1000 | 30074 | 30× |
| 12:00 | 1000 | 81545.9 | 82× |
| 13:00 | 1000 | 58464.9 | 58× |
| 14:00 | 1000 | 72075.3 | 72× |
| 15:00 | 1000 | 56622.6 | 57× |
| 16:00 | 1000 | 55829.7 | 56× |
| 17:00 | 1000 | 43020.4 | 43× |
| 18:00 | 1000 | 41203.9 | 41× |
| 19:00 | 1000 | 37254.9 | 37× |
| 20:00 | 1000 | 32412.1 | 32× |
| 21:00 | 1000 | 46467 | 46× |
| 22:00 | 1000 | 37940.4 | 38× |
| 23:00 | 1000 | 44865.3 | 45× |
Spread = average of all quotes captured in that hour over the last 24h; movement = average high–low of that hour over the last 7 sessions. Hours are MT5 server time.
All instruments — where spreads tighten and widen
| Instrument | Tightest avg spread | Widest avg spread | Biggest hourly movement | Movement-per-cost peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC/USD | 1000 at 07:00 | 1000 at 07:00 | 81545.9 at 12:00 | 12:00 |
| ETH/USD | 100 at 07:00 | 100 at 07:00 | 2845.4 at 12:00 | 12:00 |
Spread in pips (points for non-FX). ‘Movement-per-cost peak’ is the hour with the most movement per pip of spread.
The rollover hour
In this sample the widest BTC/USD hour was 07:00 server time, where the average spread ran about 1× the typical hour. This is the daily rollover window — swaps are applied, liquidity providers reset, and quotes briefly widen. Positions held with tight stop-losses through this hour can be stopped out by the spread alone. The most active hours by tick count were 06:00, 16:00, 17:00, 19:00.
How this was measured
- Spread by hour: every captured quote on Exness's own MT5 feed, bucketed by server hour (last 24h).
- Movement by hour: average H1 candle range over the last 7 sessions, from the same feed.
- The ratio compares movement to entry cost only — it is not a prediction of direction.
- Figures refresh on a schedule and vary day to day.
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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