Do CL (Crude Oil Futures) and MES (Micro S&P 500 Futures) Move Together on 15 minute Charts?
Educational reference. Measured from recorded market data through November 3, 2026. Not a prediction.
Crude Oil and Micro E-mini S&P 500 are often assumed to move in opposite directions. This measures it against 2,942 time aligned 15 minute bars over the last 45 days — no opinion, just what the two actually did.
| Bars where both moved | 2,764 |
|---|---|
| … and moved the same direction | 1,069 (38.7%) |
| Correlation of bar to bar changes | -0.400 |
At 38.7% agreement and a correlation of -0.400, these two have a moderate tendency to move in opposite directions 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.
See LiveCharts.AI predicting both CL and MES live — 7 day free trial →
How this was measured
Every 15 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.
See live predictions on LiveCharts.AI →
See LiveCharts.AI in action — predicted candlesticks and indicators, 30 bars into the future, before they occur:
Questions traders ask
Can AI predict 15 minute candles for Crude Oil Futures? Yes. LiveCharts.AI predicts CL on the 15 minute chart as on every timeframe from 1 minute to 1 hour, with the predicted indicators beside the predicted candles. Candlestick prediction →
Real time predicted indicators for Crude Oil Futures LiveCharts.AI updates the CL prediction as each candle closes, so the predicted path always starts from the latest price, and the chat answers questions about the chart as it is now. AI chart analysis →
Intelligent assistant for Crude Oil Futures analysis LiveCharts.AI's chat reads the same CL chart you are looking at: ask where the prediction changes direction, what the predicted highs and lows are, or how today compares with yesterday. AI trading assistant →
More questions traders ask
Brent crude futures LiveCharts.AI predicts the path of Crude Oil Futures (CL) 30 bars ahead on every timeframe and shows how recent predictions compared with what happened, so the record can be checked before relying on one. Crude Oil Futures predictions →
Oil futures curve chart The LiveCharts.AI CL chart shows the real Crude Oil Futures candles together with the predicted next 30 candles and the predicted indicators, drawn ahead of the last bar on every timeframe from 1 minute to 1 hour. Crude Oil Futures predictions →
Oil futures mini Crude Oil Futures (CL) is live on LiveCharts.AI with the next 30 bars predicted on every timeframe from 1 minute to 1 hour, redrawn as each candle closes. A prediction is an estimate, not a certainty; the market page shows recent CL predictions next to what happened. Crude Oil Futures predictions →