MNQ 3000-Minute Range by Time of Day
How much does the Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 actually move on the 3000-minute chart at different times of day? The table below is measured from 1,738 recorded 3000-minute bars across 2 recent sessions: for each hour of the day, the average distance between a bar's high and its low.
| Hour | Avg 3000-minute range | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM ET | 16.47 pts | |
| 11:00 AM ET | 16.14 pts | |
| 12:00 PM ET | 16.14 pts | |
| 1:00 PM ET | 16.21 pts | |
| 2:00 PM ET | 16.15 pts | |
| 3:00 PM ET | 14.78 pts | |
| 7:00 PM ET | 16.98 pts | |
| 8:00 PM ET | 17.91 pts | |
| 9:00 PM ET | 20.12 pts |
How to read this
The most active hours in this window were 9:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 7:00 PM ET, and the quietest were 3:00 PM and 12:00 PM 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 1× the ground of the quietest.
These figures shift with volatility regimes — they describe the recorded window above, not a guarantee of the next session.
