Market profile
US30 Dow Jones
How the Dow trades: the size of a normal day, the hours that move most, and the markets that move with it.
250 trading days · 28 Oct 2025 to 3 Nov 2026
Free plan · Sign in with MT4 or MT5 · Windows 10 and 11
Average daily range, 20 days
631 points
1.21% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
643 points
1.29% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
S&P 500
+0.81
When Dow Jones 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 228 points.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves 50 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 US30 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 Dow Jones
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade Dow Jones 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 US30
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on US30
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Arka Copilot on US30
Ask about the chart in plain words. Copilot reads the chart and your positions, and fills the order ticket from its answer.
What drives the Dow
Price-weighted
The Dow weights its 30 members by share price, not by market value.
Industrials and banks
Industrials, financials and healthcare carry more weight than in the Nasdaq.
US data
Payrolls, inflation and Fed decisions set the tone for the session.
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 US30?
A CFD on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 30 large US companies. Brokers list it as US30, DJ30 or WS30.
How much does Dow Jones move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of Dow Jones was 643 points, or 1.29% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 631 points.
What is the best time to trade Dow Jones?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with Dow Jones?
S&P 500 has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.81 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse Dow Jones?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast and structure analysis on your US30 chart.
The terminal built for a new generation of traders
Available for Windows 10 and Windows 11
