Market profile
GBP/JPY
How the pound-yen trades: the size of a normal day in pips, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 12 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
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Average daily range, 20 days
121.2 pips
0.58% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
136.1 pips
0.64% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
USD/JPY
+0.67
When GBP/JPY 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 36.0 pips.
Quietest
19:00 UTC. The average hour moves 18.5 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 GBP/JPY 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 GBP/JPY
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade GBP/JPY with the analysis on your chart
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- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on GBP/JPY
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on GBP/JPY
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Arka Copilot on GBP/JPY
Ask about the chart in plain words. Copilot reads the chart and your positions, and fills the order ticket from its answer.
What drives GBP/JPY
Two central banks
Both Bank of England and Bank of Japan policy move the cross.
Risk appetite
One of the most risk-sensitive crosses. The yen side strengthens in a sell-off.
Range
Among the widest daily ranges of the major crosses.
The yen
It moves closely with USD/JPY.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is GBP/JPY?
The price of one British pound in Japanese yen, a cross with no US dollar. A pip is 0.01.
How much does GBP/JPY move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of GBP/JPY was 136.1 pips, or 0.64% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 121.2 pips.
What is the best time to trade GBP/JPY?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 19:00 UTC.
What moves with GBP/JPY?
USD/JPY has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.67 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse GBP/JPY?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast and structure analysis on your GBP/JPY chart.
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