Market profile
AUD/USD
How the Aussie trades: the size of a normal day in pips, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 13 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
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Average daily range, 20 days
40.5 pips
0.58% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
51.2 pips
0.73% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
GBP/USD
+0.67
When AUD/USD moves
The average range of each hour, in UTC. Shaded bands mark the main sessions.
Most active
13:00 to 16:00 UTC. The average hour moves 12.7 pips.
Quietest
22:00 UTC. The average hour moves 4.3 pips.
Around the clock
Currency pairs trade from Monday to Friday without a daily pause. Spreads widen at the rollover, 21:00 or 22:00 UTC.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your AUD/USD chart in one click. Included on the free plan.
How big a day is
Average daily range, by month and by weekday, over the last twelve months.
What the average daily range tells you→By month
By weekday
What moves with AUD/USD
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
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In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on AUD/USD
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Arka Copilot on AUD/USD
Ask about the chart in plain words. Copilot reads the chart and your positions, and fills the order ticket from its answer.
What drives AUD/USD
China
Australia's largest export market. Chinese data moves the Aussie.
Commodities
Iron ore and other exports tie the currency to commodity prices.
The RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia's rate path sets the yield gap with the US.
Risk appetite
The Aussie tends to rise and fall with equities.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is AUD/USD?
The price of one Australian dollar in US dollars. A pip is 0.0001.
How much does AUD/USD move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of AUD/USD was 51.2 pips, or 0.73% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 40.5 pips.
What is the best time to trade AUD/USD?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 22:00 UTC.
What moves with AUD/USD?
GBP/USD has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.67 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse AUD/USD?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast and structure analysis on your AUD/USD chart.
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