MNQ 45-Minute Range by Time of Day
How much does the Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 actually move on the 45-minute chart at different times of day? The table below is measured from 1,596 recorded 45-minute bars across 13 recent sessions: for each hour of the day, the average distance between a bar's high and its low.
| Hour | Avg 45-minute range | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM ET | 17.23 pts | |
| 8:00 AM ET | 26.27 pts | |
| 9:00 AM ET | 25.68 pts | |
| 10:00 AM ET | 33.51 pts | |
| 11:00 AM ET | 29.71 pts | |
| 12:00 PM ET | 12.29 pts | |
| 1:00 PM ET | 11.39 pts | |
| 2:00 PM ET | 13.70 pts | |
| 3:00 PM ET | 12.03 pts | |
| 6:00 PM ET | 10.09 pts | |
| 7:00 PM ET | 8.69 pts | |
| 8:00 PM ET | 16.40 pts |
How to read this
The most active hours in this window were 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 8:00 AM ET, and the quietest were 7:00 PM and 6:00 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 4× the ground of the quietest.
These figures shift with volatility regimes — they describe the recorded window above, not a guarantee of the next session.
