Volatility

Most volatile currencies

Annualised volatility of daily moves against the US Dollar, over the last 12 months.

Data as of 2026-10-15.

#	Currency	Volatility (annualised)
1	BC BCH Crypto Bitcoin Cash	77.0%
2	XR XRP Crypto XRP	64.6%
3	ET ETH Crypto Ethereum	61.4%
4	LT LTC Crypto Litecoin	57.5%
5	BT BTC Crypto Bitcoin	44.4%
6	XA XAG Metal Silver (troy oz)	39.1%
7	XP XPT Metal Platinum (troy oz)	38.0%
8	XP XPD Metal Palladium (troy oz)	32.2%
9	XA XAU Metal Gold (troy oz)	18.4%
10	ZA ZAR Currency South African Rand	11.9%
11	HU HUF Currency Hungarian Forint	11.8%
12	KR KRW Currency South Korean Won	9.7%
13	SE SEK Currency Swedish Krona	9.3%
14	IL ILS Currency Israeli Shekel	9.0%
15	NO NOK Currency Norwegian Krone	8.2%
16	NZ NZD Currency New Zealand Dollar	8.1%
17	MX MXN Currency Mexican Peso	8.0%
18	JP JPY Currency Japanese Yen	7.8%
19	TH THB Currency Thai Baht	7.8%
20	AU AUD Currency Australian Dollar	7.8%
21	PL PLN Currency Polish Zloty	7.6%
22	CH CHF Currency Swiss Franc	7.0%
23	CZ CZK Currency Czech Koruna	6.5%
24	RO RON Currency Romanian Leu	6.2%
25	GB GBP Currency British Pound	6.1%
26	IN INR Currency Indian Rupee	5.6%
27	EU EUR Currency Euro	5.4%
28	DK DKK Currency Danish Krone	5.4%
29	CA CAD Currency Canadian Dollar	4.3%
30	SG SGD Currency Singapore Dollar	4.2%
31	CN CNY Currency Chinese Yuan	2.1%
32	TR TRY Currency Turkish Lira	1.5%
33	HK HKD Currency Hong Kong Dollar	1.1%

How this is calculated

Volatility is the standard deviation of daily logarithmic returns of each currency's US-Dollar value over the past year, annualised by multiplying by the square root of 252 trading days, and shown as a percentage. Crypto assets typically sit at the top; major fiat currencies at the bottom.