The volatility dashboard answers one question at a glance: how hard are different crypto pairs swinging right now, relative to each other? It is a reference view, not a recommendation. It will never tell you what to trade — it gives you the context to size and prioritise the trades you have already decided to consider, with your own rules.
What the dashboard shows
The dashboard lines up pairs side by side and expresses how much each is moving over a recent window, so a calm pair and a turbulent one are easy to tell apart at a glance. The value is comparison: seeing that one pair is swinging far harder than another immediately tells you they cannot carry the same position size for the same risk.
Reading it well
- Compare, do not rank for profit. A more volatile pair is not a better opportunity; it is a larger swing in both directions and therefore a larger risk per unit.
- Use it to size, not to chase. Higher volatility means a smaller position to keep the same money at risk — the dashboard informs that adjustment.
- Read it as a snapshot. Volatility shifts; a quiet pair can wake up. Treat the view as current context, not a permanent property of the pair.
What it is firmly not for
The dashboard is reference and planning only. It does not generate signals, place orders, or suggest a trade, and it makes no claim about which way price will go. Volatility is an input to your risk and cost decisions — it widens the cost bar a signal must clear and shrinks the size you should take — never a signal in itself. Decisions and outcomes remain entirely yours.
Volatility's effect on the cost bar is covered on the signals pillar, and turning a volatility-aware risk figure into an order size is the job of the position-size calculator. For broader market context alongside crypto, see the futures and index reference.