What hour is most volatile for XAUUSD?

The 13:00 UTC hour, averaging $24.09 of high-low range across 2,599 hourly bars, with 12:00 UTC at $21.91 and 14:00 UTC at $21.61 either side of it.

What is the quietest hour for gold?

The 21:00 UTC rollover hour, averaging $2.80 of range — roughly one ninth of the 13:00 UTC peak — because participation collapses as the book is handed over.

What is the average daily range of gold?

$29.43 across 3,178 daily bars since January 2015, but $90.28 across the most recent 250 sessions. Gold's dollar volatility has expanded with its price level, so the recent figure is the relevant one for sizing.

Which session captures most of the gold range?

New York, at 52.6% of the day's full range, ahead of Asia at 45.0%, London at 43.4% and the late/rollover window at 31.0%. Shares are measured per window against the same day's range, so they overlap.

XAUUSD VOLATILITY STUDY

Name: XAUUSD hourly volatility and session range study
Creator: GoldHunts
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

XAUUSD volatility peaks in the 13:00 UTC hour at an average $24.09 range and troughs at 21:00 UTC at $2.80. Average daily range is $29.43 across 3,178 days since 2015 but $90.28 across the last 250 sessions, so any stop rule quoted in dollars must be re-derived from current data.

GoldHunts measures XAUUSD intraday volatility across 2,599 hourly bars with timestamps normalised to true UTC: the 13:00 UTC hour averages $24.09 of range against $2.80 in the 21:00 UTC rollover hour.

Average daily range is $29.43 across 3,178 days since 2015 but $90.28 across the trailing 250 sessions, so dollar-denominated stop rules must be re-derived from current data.

New York captures the largest session share of the daily range at 52.6%, ahead of Asia at 45.0%, London at 43.4% and the late/rollover window at 31.0%.