Trade Syndication · Volatility spikes · Monday, Oct 19
The volatility spikes of Oct 19: EUR/USD
Each market’s busiest hour against its median hour of the last 20 sessions.
For every market we cover we find its busiest hour of the day and set it against its normal hour: the median one-hour range of its last 20 sessions. A spike is an hour of three times normal or more. These are the biggest on Monday, Oct 19, with any scheduled news around them and what the market did in the two hours after. Times are New York time.
- ⚡ EUR/USD 0.42% in an hour (4.8× normal)
1. EUR/USD: a one-hour burst 4.8× its normal hour
| One hour | 0.42% (17:30 to 18:30 ET) |
|---|---|
| A normal hour | 0.09% (median of 20 sessions) |
| This hour | 4.8× (a normal hour) |
Between 17:30 and 18:30 ET on Monday, EUR/USD traded a 0.42% range, 4.8× a normal hour for it (about 0.09%).
There was no scheduled high- or medium-impact news for it at the time.
It moved +0.38% in that hour, then held there over the next two hours.
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Prices are from our market data feed; times are New York time (ET), and a day runs New York 17:00 to 17:00. This is market information, not investment advice or a recommendation to trade. Past moves do not predict future ones, and trading involves risk of loss.