Market profile
NAS100 Nasdaq 100
How the Nasdaq 100 trades: the size of a normal day, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 14 Nov 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
587.5 points
2.00% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
510.9 points
1.86% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
S&P 500
+0.91
When Nasdaq 100 moves
The average range of each hour, in UTC. Shaded bands mark the main sessions.
Most active
13:00 to 16:00 UTC. The average hour moves 168.6 points.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves 53.9 points.
Daily break
The index pauses for about an hour each day at 21:00 or 22:00 UTC, and trades thinly outside US hours.
Mark these hours on your own chart
The average daily range and the London and New York opening ranges, drawn on your NAS100 chart in one click. Included on the free plan.
How big a day is
Average daily range, by month and by weekday, over the last twelve months.
What the average daily range tells you→By month
By weekday
What moves with Nasdaq 100
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade Nasdaq 100 with the analysis on your chart
- Included on the free plan
- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- AI forecast, structure analysis and key levels on NAS100
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on NAS100
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
AI quant signal on NAS100
Buy and sell signals on the 1-hour chart, confirmed at candle close, with the full track record.
Nasdaq 100 signal track record→Nasdaq 100 options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the NAS100 price. Sample session · 2 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 28,773.2
- Zero Gamma
- 29,672.7
- Put Wall
- 27,951.1
What drives the Nasdaq 100
Megacap technology
A handful of the largest technology companies carry much of the index.
Bond yields
Growth stocks are sensitive to changes in long-term yields.
Earnings
Results from the largest members move the whole index.
The US open
Most of the day's range forms after the cash open at 13:30 or 14:30 UTC.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is NAS100?
A CFD on the Nasdaq 100 index, the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq. Brokers list it as NAS100, USTEC or US100.
How much does Nasdaq 100 move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of Nasdaq 100 was 510.9 points, or 1.86% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 587.5 points.
What is the best time to trade Nasdaq 100?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with Nasdaq 100?
S&P 500 has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.91 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse Nasdaq 100?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your NAS100 chart. Nasdaq 100 also carries an AI quant signal on the 1-hour chart.
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