Exness Trading Hours — Spread and Movement by Hour
How the measured spread and the average hourly movement change through the trading day on Exness’s MetaTrader 5 feed — measured 28 Jun · 10:24 CST. 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 (pips) | Avg movement (pips) | Movement per pip of spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 1000 | 38642 | 39× |
| 01:00 | 1000 | 43139.4 | 43× |
| 02:00 | 1000 | 42910.9 | 43× |
| 03:00 | 1000 | 53842.7 | 54× |
| 04:00 | 1000 | 39008.3 | 39× |
| 05:00 | 1000 | 31970.7 | 32× |
| 06:00 | 1000 | 43014.9 | 43× |
| 07:00 | 1000 | 31289.7 | 31× |
| 08:00 | 1000 | 39405.6 | 39× |
| 09:00 | 1000 | 27587.3 | 28× |
| 10:00 | 1000 | 33262.3 | 33× |
| 11:00 | 1000 | 46690.9 | 47× |
| 12:00 | 1000 | 52227.7 | 52× |
| 13:00 | 1000 | 116619 | 117× |
| 14:00 | 1000 | 76911.1 | 77× |
| 15:00 | 1000 | 56883.7 | 57× |
| 16:00 | 1000 | 57526.6 | 58× |
| 17:00 | 1000 | 46654.3 | 47× |
| 18:00 | 1000 | 41895.1 | 42× |
| 19:00 | 1000 | 36017 | 36× |
| 20:00 | 1000 | 48923.1 | 49× |
| 21:00 | 1000 | 44050.3 | 44× |
| 22:00 | 1000 | 41418 | 41× |
| 23:00 | 1000 | 34251.6 | 34× |
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 02:00 | 1000 at 02:00 | 116619 at 13:00 | 13:00 |
| ETH/USD | 100 at 02:00 | 100 at 02:00 | 3456.4 at 13:00 | 13:00 |
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 02:00 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 02:00, 14:00, 19:00, 21:00.
How this was measured
- Spread by hour: every captured quote on the Exness MT5 demo 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 on an Exness MetaTrader 5 demo account — the broker’s own pricing feed and symbol specifications, recorded in-terminal and refreshed on a schedule. Demo and live accounts share the same pricing feed. All figures are indicative and change with market conditions.
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