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MNQ (Micro Nasdaq 100 Futures) 45 Minute Range by Time of Day

Educational reference. Data through Monday, October 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM ET. Measured from recorded market data — historical readings for learning purposes, not predictions and not trading advice.

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 1,971 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.

HourAvg 45 minute range
2:00 AM ET30.62 pts
3:00 AM ET23.74 pts
4:00 AM ET22.84 pts
5:00 AM ET21.11 pts
6:00 AM ET15.49 pts
7:00 AM ET12.44 pts
8:00 AM ET18.99 pts
9:00 AM ET22.16 pts
10:00 AM ET35.67 pts
11:00 AM ET25.06 pts
12:00 PM ET18.11 pts
1:00 PM ET14.59 pts
2:00 PM ET19.67 pts
3:00 PM ET13.81 pts
4:00 PM ET12.25 pts

How to read this

The most active hours in this window were 10:00 AM, 2:00 AM, 11:00 AM ET, and the quietest were 4:00 PM and 7:00 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 3× the ground of the quietest.

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

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