Do CL (Crude Oil Futures) and MCL (Micro Crude Oil Futures) Move Together on 1 minute Charts?
Educational reference. Measured from recorded market data through November 1, 2026. Not a prediction.
Crude Oil and Micro Crude Oil are often assumed to move together. This measures it against 42,635 time aligned 1 minute bars over the last 45 days — no opinion, just what the two actually did.
| Bars where both moved | 35,947 |
|---|---|
| … and moved the same direction | 33,894 (94.3%) |
| Correlation of bar to bar changes | +0.696 |
At 94.3% agreement and a correlation of +0.696, these two have a clear tendency to move together on this timeframe.
Where the relationship breaks down
Prices moving together does not mean everything else does. The indicator pages below measure each reading separately — and momentum, trend strength and volatility frequently disagree even when price does not.
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How this was measured
Every 1 minute bar recorded for both instruments in the last 45 days was aligned by timestamp. Bars where either did not move are excluded from the direction figure, since a flat bar agrees with nothing. Correlation is measured on bar to bar changes, not on price levels — two markets can both drift upward for unrelated reasons, and correlating levels would call that a relationship.
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