Cross pair

AUD/CHF: volatility, trading hours and correlation

🇦🇺 Australian dollar against the 🇨🇭 Swiss franc. AUD/CHF has averaged 32 pips a day over the last 90 days, with recent volatility close to its one-year norm. It tends to move most between 13:00 and 16:00 UTC.

Last close
0.58075
6 October 2026
Avg daily range
32 pips
90 days · 0.55% of price
1-year change
+10.42%
AUD stronger vs CHF
52-week range
0.50790 – 0.58820
Low to high

AUD/CHF over the last 12 months

Daily closes

12 months ago · 0.52593Low 0.51719 · High 0.58693Latest · 0.58075

When AUD/CHF moves most

Average high-to-low range for each hour of the day over the last year, in pips (UTC). The busiest three-hour window is highlighted.

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London session · 07:00–16:00 UTC
35 pips
Largest average range
New York session · 12:00–21:00 UTC
31 pips
90% of the London range
Asian session · 00:00–07:00 UTC
26 pips
76% of the London range

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Average range by weekday

Pips, last 12 months. Friday is typically busiest and Monday quietest.

39
41
39
41
44
MonTueWedThuFri

Calendar-year performance

% change in AUD/CHF each year, latest year to date

+3.6%
-9.1%
-2.1%
-0.1%
-2.3%
-5.7%
-7.8%
-2.5%
-5.6%
+9.5%
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AUD/CHF seasonality

Average % change by calendar month across the last 9 years. January has been the strongest month on average and August the weakest. Seasonality is a tendency, not a forecast.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg change+0.48%0.00%-0.78%-0.04%-0.67%-0.55%-0.20%-0.91%+0.06%-0.19%-0.02%-0.48%
Years up56%44%44%44%33%33%56%56%67%56%56%56%

AUD/CHF correlation

Correlation of daily returns with other pairs. +1 means they move together, −1 means they move in opposite directions. How to use correlation.

Moves most with90 days1 year
NZD/CHF+0.63+0.77
AUD/CAD+0.56+0.69
AUD/USD+0.29+0.58
GBP/CHF+0.63+0.58
AUD/JPY+0.22+0.58
Moves most against90 days1 year
EUR/AUD-0.62-0.83
GBP/AUD-0.53-0.72
EUR/NZD-0.11-0.49
GBP/NZD-0.04-0.38
CHF/JPY-0.46-0.26

Biggest daily moves in the last year

The five widest high-to-low days for AUD/CHF.

DateRangeOpen to close× normal day
9 October 2025108 pips0.00%2.7×
2 February 202696 pips-0.04%2.4×
2 March 202695 pips+0.02%2.3×
3 March 202694 pips+0.04%2.3×
30 September 202689 pips+0.02%2.2×

AUD/CHF pip value

Value of a one-pip move (0.0001) at the latest price.

Full pip value table
Account currencyStandard lot (1.00)Mini lot (0.10)Micro lot (0.01)
🇺🇸 USD12.02 USD1.20 USD0.120 USD
🇪🇺 EUR10.68 EUR1.07 EUR0.107 EUR
🇬🇧 GBP9.06 GBP0.91 GBP0.091 GBP
🇨🇭 CHF10.00 CHF1.00 CHF0.100 CHF

About AUD/CHF

AUD/CHF shows how many Swiss francs (CHF) it takes to buy one Australian dollar (AUD). When the price rises, the Australian dollar is strengthening against the Swiss franc.

AUD is issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia. It tends to respond to Reserve Bank of Australia policy, iron ore and commodity prices, and Chinese economic data.

CHF is issued by the Swiss National Bank. It tends to respond to Swiss National Bank policy and intervention, and safe-haven flows during market stress.

With an average range of about 32 pips a day, a stop loss of 10–19 pips is roughly a third to two-thirds of a normal day for AUD/CHF. Always size your position from the stop distance with the lot size calculator.

AUD/CHF FAQ

What is the average daily range of AUD/CHF?

Over the last 90 days AUD/CHF moved an average of 32 pips from high to low each day, about 0.55% of its price. Over the past year the average was 41 pips, and over the last 20 trading days it was 35 pips.

What is the best time to trade AUD/CHF?

In the past year AUD/CHF was most active between 13:00 and 16:00 UTC, and the London session produced the largest average range (35 pips). The quietest hour was 23:00 UTC. Friday was its busiest weekday on average.

What is AUD/CHF most correlated with?

Based on daily returns over the last year, AUD/CHF moved most closely with NZD/CHF (correlation 0.77) and most inversely with EUR/AUD (-0.83).

How much is one pip worth on AUD/CHF?

One pip on AUD/CHF is 0.0001 of the price. For one standard lot (100,000 AUD) that is 10 CHF, or about $12.02 at the latest price. A mini lot is a tenth of that and a micro lot a hundredth.

Statistics are calculated by ForexSignals.io from daily and hourly price history up to 6 October 2026. Hourly figures cover the last 12 months, seasonality the last 9 full years. Data may contain errors and is not a trading recommendation.

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