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Platinum (XPTUSD) volatility by hour, day and month
When Platinum moves, how much, and on which days — measured on 1504 trading days of real one-minute data from our broker feed, 2021-01-04 to 2026-10-30. Descriptive statistics of the past, not a forecast.
Volatility by hour
Over the last 12 months, the hour with the widest average range on Platinum was 01:00–02:00 UTC (213.8 bp), and the quietest was 21:00–22:00 UTC (68.6 bp): 3.1 times smaller.
Average range of each one-hour bar, in basis points of price. Hours without prices in our feed are not drawn.
Table: range by hour, UTC, last 12 months
| Hour (UTC) | Mean, bp | Median, bp | Hours measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 128.1 | 98.6 | 89 |
| 01:00 | 213.8 | 186.6 | 89 |
| 02:00 | 146.8 | 114.6 | 89 |
| 03:00 | 113.5 | 85.4 | 87 |
| 04:00 | 83.2 | 63.3 | 87 |
| 05:00 | 136.0 | 101.1 | 87 |
| 06:00 | 127.5 | 89.0 | 87 |
| 07:00 | 103.5 | 76.1 | 87 |
| 08:00 | 131.2 | 108.3 | 87 |
| 09:00 | 133.9 | 106.8 | 87 |
| 10:00 | 97.8 | 87.6 | 87 |
| 11:00 | 96.3 | 79.5 | 87 |
| 12:00 | 116.5 | 92.7 | 87 |
| 13:00 | 144.5 | 134.5 | 88 |
| 14:00 | 175.5 | 157.6 | 88 |
| 15:00 | 172.1 | 139.5 | 88 |
| 16:00 | 142.7 | 123.7 | 88 |
| 17:00 | 115.1 | 97.9 | 88 |
| 18:00 | 105.3 | 82.7 | 88 |
| 19:00 | 88.0 | 63.1 | 87 |
| 20:00 | 94.5 | 72.2 | 83 |
| 21:00 | 68.6 | 51.3 | 83 |
| 23:00 | 124.6 | 95.8 | 88 |
Day of the week
Friday has the widest average daily range (3.18%), Tuesday the narrowest (2.99%). No day shows an average open-to-close return that is distinguishable from zero at 95% confidence.
| Day | Average range | Open → close, mean ± 95% CI | Up days | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 3.01 % | +0.134 % ± 0.219 | 55.3 % | 300 |
| Tuesday | 2.99 % | +0.046 % ± 0.219 | 48.7 % | 304 |
| Wednesday | 3.14 % | +0.144 % ± 0.229 | 52.0 % | 302 |
| Thursday | 3.11 % | +0.001 % ± 0.227 | 51.3 % | 302 |
| Friday | 3.18 % | −0.096 % ± 0.252 | 51.0 % | 296 |
Average open → close return, year by year (%)
| Year | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +0.205 | −0.364 | +0.353 | −0.091 | −0.219 |
| 2022 | −0.044 | +0.120 | +0.462 | +0.056 | −0.209 |
| 2023 | +0.298 | +0.018 | −0.376 | +0.028 | +0.168 |
| 2024 | −0.029 | −0.037 | −0.175 | +0.179 | +0.013 |
| 2025 | +0.228 | +0.447 | +0.592 | +0.344 | −0.213 |
| 2026 | +0.152 | +0.102 | −0.026 | −0.606 | −0.126 |
Monthly seasonality
Return of each calendar month, from the first open to the last close. With only 6 years per month, one unusual year moves the average a lot: the median and the year-by-year table are there to show it.
| Month | Mean | Median | Positive | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +0.70 % | +2.00 % | 50 % | 6 |
| February | +1.38 % | −0.26 % | 50 % | 6 |
| March | −1.86 % | +1.91 % | 67 % | 6 |
| April | +1.08 % | +1.27 % | 67 % | 6 |
| May | +1.89 % | +1.12 % | 50 % | 6 |
| June | −3.51 % | −8.36 % | 17 % | 6 |
| July | +0.47 % | −0.86 % | 50 % | 6 |
| August | +0.29 % | −0.77 % | 50 % | 6 |
| September | +1.12 % | −1.47 % | 50 % | 6 |
| October | +0.19 % | +2.15 % | 67 % | 6 |
| November | +0.04 % | −0.57 % | 40 % | 5 |
| December | +6.16 % | +3.25 % | 80 % | 5 |
Every month, year by year (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | −0.2 | +8.9 | +0.4 | +1.2 | −0.9 | −9.5 | −2.1 | −3.4 | −4.6 | +5.5 | −8.5 | +2.7 |
| 2022 | +4.8 | +2.5 | −5.8 | −4.8 | +3.1 | −7.4 | +0.1 | −5.2 | +1.6 | +7.7 | +11.6 | +3.2 |
| 2023 | −5.9 | −5.6 | +3.9 | +8.7 | −7.1 | −9.3 | +5.7 | +1.9 | −6.8 | +3.1 | −0.6 | +6.4 |
| 2024 | −6.9 | −4.3 | +3.4 | +2.7 | +10.7 | −3.6 | −1.8 | −5.2 | +5.8 | +1.2 | −4.3 | −4.4 |
| 2025 | +8.2 | −3.0 | +4.8 | −2.7 | +9.1 | +27.8 | −5.1 | +5.7 | +15.3 | −0.1 | +2.0 | +22.8 |
| 2026 | +4.2 | +9.9 | −17.9 | +1.3 | −3.5 | −19.1 | +6.0 | +8.0 | −4.6 | −16.3 | — | — |
Trading sessions
How much of the day's range happens inside each session, over the last 12 months. Sessions overlap, so the shares do not add up to 100%. A session with no prices in our feed is not listed.
| Session | Average range | Median share of the day's range | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo 09:00–15:00 Tokyo time | 254.0 bp | 56 % | 256 |
| London 08:00–16:30 London time | 319.0 bp | 75 % | 256 |
| New York 08:00–17:00 New York time | 301.3 bp | 67 % | 256 |
Volatility over the last year
ATR (14) as a percentage of the price, one point per trading day.
How it is measured
- One-minute bid prices from the cTrader broker feed we use for our own backtests: 1504 complete trading days, 2021-01-04 to 2026-10-30.
- A trading day is the broker's: it closes at 17:00 New York time, as in cTrader. Partial days (holidays) are left out.
- Range = high − low of the period, as a share of its opening price. 1 bp (basis point) = 0.01%. ATR is Wilder's 14-day average true range.
- The hourly profile is measured in UTC and kept separately for US summer and winter time, so the hours shown in your time zone stay right all year.
- Updated every day after the market data sync. These are descriptive statistics of the past: they are not a forecast and not a trading signal.