USDCNH price
How USDCNH moves through the day
Average USDCNH range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2013.
Average range by session
Busiest hours (UTC)
USDCNH moves most from 01:00 to 02:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 20:00 UTC.
Size a USDCNH trade
One standard lot of USDCNH is 100,000 units on most brokers. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
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USDCNH questions
USDCNH is the price of one USD in CNH. USD is the base currency and CNH is the quote currency, so the price tells you how many Chinese yuan one USD 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.
USDCNH 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 USDCNH is 100,000 USD, so a one pip move (0.0001) is worth 10.00 CNH a lot, and 0.01 lots moves 0.10 CNH a pip. Check your broker's contract size before you trade.
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