Exotic pair

USD/HKD: volatility, trading hours and correlation

🇺🇸 US dollar against the 🇭🇰 Hong Kong dollar. USD/HKD has averaged 30 pips a day over the last 90 days, with recent volatility below its one-year norm. It tends to move most between 00:00 and 03:00 UTC.

Last close
7.84700
6 October 2026
Avg daily range
30 pips
90 days · 0.04% of price
1-year change
+0.83%
USD stronger vs HKD
52-week range
7.76599 – 7.84840
Low to high

USD/HKD over the last 12 months

Daily closes

12 months ago · 7.78265Low 7.76939 · High 7.84700Latest · 7.84700

When USD/HKD 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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Asian session · 00:00–07:00 UTC
39 pips
Largest average range
London session · 07:00–16:00 UTC
33 pips
86% of the Asian range
New York session · 12:00–21:00 UTC
25 pips
66% of the Asian range

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Average range by weekday

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

38
50
44
44
50
MonTueWedThuFri

Calendar-year performance

% change in USD/HKD each year, latest year to date

+0.8%
+0.2%
-0.6%
-0.5%
+0.6%
-0.0%
+0.2%
-0.6%
+0.2%
+0.8%
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USD/HKD seasonality

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg change+0.10%+0.09%+0.06%-0.03%+0.10%-0.01%-0.02%+0.02%-0.13%-0.02%-0.05%-0.07%
Years up78%89%78%33%56%56%67%67%22%33%44%56%

USD/HKD 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
CAD/CHF+0.37+0.14
USD/CHF+0.28+0.12
EUR/GBP-0.07+0.12
EUR/CHF+0.24+0.09
USD/NOK+0.36+0.09
Moves most against90 days1 year
EUR/PLN-0.03-0.18
GBP/CAD-0.13-0.15
GBP/USD-0.11-0.14
GBP/AUD+0.12-0.11
EUR/USD-0.18-0.09

Biggest daily moves in the last year

The five widest high-to-low days for USD/HKD.

DateRangeOpen to close× normal day
3 March 2026228 pips0.00%5.1×
4 March 2026176 pips0.00%3.9×
24 March 2026136 pips+0.01%3.0×
25 March 2026134 pips0.00%3.0×
26 March 2026129 pips0.00%2.9×

USD/HKD 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)
🇺🇸 USD1.27 USD0.13 USD0.013 USD
🇪🇺 EUR1.13 EUR0.11 EUR0.011 EUR
🇬🇧 GBP0.96 GBP0.10 GBP0.010 GBP
🇭🇰 HKD10.00 HKD1.00 HKD0.100 HKD

About USD/HKD

USD/HKD shows how many Hong Kong dollars (HKD) it takes to buy one US dollar (USD). When the price rises, the US dollar is strengthening against the Hong Kong dollar.

USD is issued by the Federal Reserve. It tends to respond to Federal Reserve rate expectations, US jobs and inflation data, and global risk appetite, since the dollar is the world’s main reserve and funding currency.

HKD is issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. It tends to respond to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s peg, which holds USD/HKD within a narrow 7.75–7.85 band.

With an average range of about 30 pips a day, a stop loss of 9–18 pips is roughly a third to two-thirds of a normal day for USD/HKD. Always size your position from the stop distance with the lot size calculator.

USD/HKD FAQ

What is the average daily range of USD/HKD?

Over the last 90 days USD/HKD moved an average of 30 pips from high to low each day, about 0.04% of its price. Over the past year the average was 45 pips, and over the last 20 trading days it was 23 pips.

What is the best time to trade USD/HKD?

In the past year USD/HKD was most active between 00:00 and 03:00 UTC, and the Asian session produced the largest average range (39 pips). The quietest hour was 22:00 UTC. Friday was its busiest weekday on average.

What is USD/HKD most correlated with?

Based on daily returns over the last year, USD/HKD moved most closely with CAD/CHF (correlation 0.14) and most inversely with EUR/PLN (-0.18).

How much is one pip worth on USD/HKD?

One pip on USD/HKD is 0.0001 of the price. For one standard lot (100,000 USD) that is 10 HKD, or about $1.27 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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