Market profile
GBP/USD
How cable trades: the size of a normal day in pips, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 11 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
66.9 pips
0.50% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
77.3 pips
0.58% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
EUR/USD
+0.85
When GBP/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 21.3 pips.
Quietest
23:00 UTC. The average hour moves 7.3 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 GBP/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 GBP/USD
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade GBP/USD with the analysis on your chart
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- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on GBP/USD
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on GBP/USD
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Arka Copilot on GBP/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 GBP/USD
The Bank of England
Rate decisions and the vote split move sterling.
UK data
Inflation and jobs figures are released at 07:00 UK time.
The euro
GBP/USD often moves with EUR/USD.
Risk appetite
Sterling tends to weaken when global markets sell off.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is GBP/USD?
The price of one British pound in US dollars, known as cable. A pip is 0.0001.
How much does GBP/USD move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of GBP/USD was 77.3 pips, or 0.58% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 66.9 pips.
What is the best time to trade GBP/USD?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 23:00 UTC.
What moves with GBP/USD?
EUR/USD has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.85 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse GBP/USD?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast and structure analysis on your GBP/USD chart.
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