MNQ (Micro Nasdaq 100 Futures) 15 Minute Range by Time of Day

How much does the Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 actually move on the 15 minute chart at different times of day? The table below is measured from 1,773 recorded 15 minute bars across 5 recent sessions: for each hour of the day, the average distance between a bar's high and its low.

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The most active hours in this window were 10:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM ET, and the quietest were 11:00 PM and 5:00 AM ET. A wider bar means each interval covers more ground. The takeaway is purely observational: a fixed number of points represents a very different share of typical movement at different hours — in this window, the most active hour covered roughly 10× the ground of the quietest.

These figures shift with volatility regimes — they describe the recorded window above, not a guarantee of the next session.

EXAMPLE SCREENSHOT · June 2026

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