How much does the Micro E mini Dow actually move on the 1 minute chart at different times of day? The table below is measured from 1,593 recorded 1 minute bars across 17 recent sessions: for each hour of the day, the average distance between a bar's high and its low.
| Hour | Avg 1 minute range | |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 AM ET | 26.10 pts | |
| 4:00 AM ET | 27.44 pts | |
| 5:00 AM ET | 26.58 pts | |
| 6:00 AM ET | 23.49 pts | |
| 7:00 AM ET | 31.97 pts | |
| 8:00 AM ET | 43.49 pts | |
| 9:00 AM ET | 43.14 pts | |
| 10:00 AM ET | 56.08 pts | |
| 11:00 AM ET | 28.81 pts | |
| 12:00 PM ET | 22.85 pts | |
| 1:00 PM ET | 23.61 pts | |
| 2:00 PM ET | 30.49 pts | |
| 3:00 PM ET | 23.51 pts | |
| 5:00 PM ET | 17.08 pts | |
| 6:00 PM ET | 5.67 pts | |
| 7:00 PM ET | 15.99 pts | |
| 8:00 PM ET | 15.11 pts | |
| 9:00 PM ET | 14.10 pts | |
| 10:00 PM ET | 14.56 pts |

The most active hours in this window were 10:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM ET, and the quietest were 6:00 PM and 9:00 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 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.