Market profile
XAG/USD Silver
How silver trades: a wider daily range than gold, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 14 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
$2.05
3.72% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
$4.03
5.53% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
Gold
+0.84
When Silver 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 $1.04.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves $0.45.
Daily break
Silver pauses for about an hour each day, at 21:00 or 22:00 UTC depending on daylight saving.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your XAG/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 Silver
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade Silver with the analysis on your chart
- Included on the free plan
- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on XAG/USD
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on XAG/USD
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
AI quant signal on XAG/USD
Buy and sell signals on the 1-hour chart, confirmed at candle close, with the full track record.
Silver signal track record→Silver options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the XAG/USD price. Sample session · 3 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 50.95
- Zero Gamma
- 50.07
- Put Wall
- 48.73
What drives silver
Gold
Silver tracks gold closely, with larger swings in both directions.
Industrial demand
About half of silver demand comes from industry, including solar panels and electronics.
The dollar and yields
Like gold, silver is priced in dollars and pays no interest.
A smaller market
Liquidity is thinner than in gold. Moves of several percent in a day are common.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is XAG/USD?
The price of one troy ounce of silver in US dollars. It is the symbol most brokers use for spot silver on MT4 and MT5.
How much does Silver move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of Silver was $4.03, or 5.53% of price. Over the last 20 days it was $2.05.
What is the best time to trade Silver?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with Silver?
Gold has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.84 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse Silver?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your XAG/USD chart. Silver also carries an AI quant signal on the 1-hour chart.
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