GBPUSD price
How GBPUSD moves through the day
Average GBPUSD range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2012.
Average range by session
Busiest hours (UTC)
GBPUSD moves most from 12:00 to 16:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 04:00 UTC.
Size a GBPUSD trade
One standard lot of GBPUSD is 100,000 units on most brokers. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
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GBPUSD questions
GBPUSD is the price of one GBP in USD. GBP is the base currency and USD is the quote currency, so the price tells you how many US dollars one GBP costs.
Each broker quotes its own bid and ask from its own liquidity providers, so prices can differ a little from broker to broker. The prices here are indicative bid quotes. Spreads also widen around big news and when the market opens.
GBPUSD trades 24 hours a day, five days a week, from 17:00 New York time on Sunday to 17:00 New York time on Friday. It is busiest when London and New York are both open, roughly 12:00 to 16:00 UTC.
On most brokers one standard lot of GBPUSD is 100,000 GBP, so a one pip move (0.0001) is worth $10.00 a lot, and 0.01 lots moves $0.10 a pip. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
Mostly what traders expect the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve to do with interest rates, inflation and jobs data from both economies, and how much risk markets want to take.