When Does MCL (Micro Crude Oil Futures) Actually Move? Hourly Ranges on 15 minute Charts
Educational reference. Measured from 5,842 recorded 15 minute bars of Micro Crude Oil through November 1, 2026.
09:00 is the busiest hour, averaging 0.4900 per bar — 3.8× the quietest hour at 19:00.
The same stop is a different stop at different times of day. This is the median high to low range of a single 15 minute bar of Micro Crude Oil, hour by hour, measured from 5,842 recorded bars over the last 90 days.
| Hour (ET) | Median range | Bars | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 0.1700 | 255 | |
| 01:00 | 0.2100 | 256 | |
| 02:00 | 0.3100 | 256 | |
| 03:00 | 0.3500 | 256 | |
| 04:00 | 0.4100 | 256 | |
| 05:00 | 0.3900 | 256 | |
| 06:00 | 0.3700 | 256 | |
| 07:00 | 0.3400 | 256 | |
| 08:00 | 0.4000 | 256 | |
| 09:00 | 0.4900 | 256 | |
| 10:00 | 0.4700 | 256 | |
| 11:00 | 0.4400 | 256 | |
| 12:00 | 0.3900 | 256 | |
| 13:00 | 0.3600 | 256 | |
| 14:00 | 0.3650 | 252 | |
| 15:00 | 0.2400 | 248 | |
| 16:00 | 0.2300 | 248 | |
| 17:00 | 0.2000 | 62 | |
| 18:00 | 0.2100 | 189 | |
| 19:00 | 0.1300 | 252 | |
| 20:00 | 0.2300 | 252 | |
| 21:00 | 0.3100 | 252 | |
| 22:00 | 0.2400 | 252 | |
| 23:00 | 0.2100 | 252 |
The spread across the day
The busiest hour is 09:00, averaging 0.4900 per bar. The quietest is 19:00 at 0.1300. That is a 3.8× difference across the same instrument, the same timeframe, the same trading day.
A stop sized for 19:00 conditions will be caught routinely at 09:00, and a stop sized for 09:00 gives away far more than it needs to overnight. The same number of points does not mean the same thing at every hour.
See LiveCharts.AI predicting Micro Crude Oil live — 7 day free trial →
How this was measured
Every 15 minute bar of Micro Crude Oil recorded in the last 90 days was grouped by the hour it opened, in Eastern time. The figure shown is the median of high minus low within each group — the middle bar of that hour, not the average, so a single outlier session cannot distort it. Hours with fewer than 60 recorded bars are omitted rather than shown on thin evidence.
These are recorded market ranges, not predictions. Nothing on this page is a projection.
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
AI 15 minute next candle close prediction Yes. LiveCharts.AI predicts MCL 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 →
Automated price action reading for MCL Yes. LiveCharts.AI reads the live MCL chart, draws where the price and the indicators are predicted to go next, and its AI chat explains what the chart is showing in plain language. AI chart analysis →
Next 5 price bars prediction for MCL Yes. LiveCharts.AI draws the predicted next candles of MCL to the right of the last bar, with their open, high, low and close, and redraws them as each candle closes. Predictions are estimates, not certainties. Candlestick prediction →
More questions traders ask
Crude oil futures LiveCharts.AI predicts the path of Micro Crude Oil Futures (MCL) 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. Micro Crude Oil Futures predictions →
Oil futures symbol Micro Crude Oil Futures (MCL) 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 MCL predictions next to what happened. Micro Crude Oil Futures predictions →
Crude oil futures ticker Open the MCL chart on LiveCharts.AI to see where Micro Crude Oil Futures is now and where its next 30 candles are predicted to go. Past MCL predictions are published next to what the market actually did. Micro Crude Oil Futures predictions →