Market profile
US500 S&P 500
How the S&P 500 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
85.3 points
1.10% of price
Average daily range, 250 days
90.7 points
1.27% of price
Most active hours
13:00–16:00
UTC
Moves most with
Nasdaq 100
+0.91
When S&P 500 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 29.6 points.
Quietest
04:00 UTC. The average hour moves 8.5 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 US500 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 S&P 500
Correlation of daily returns over the last 250 trading days. +1 moves together. −1 moves opposite.
Trade S&P 500 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 US500
In Arka Terminal
AI trend forecast on US500
Direction, target and stop on the chart's timeframe, with the projected path drawn on the bars.
Arka Copilot on US500
Ask about the chart in plain words. Copilot reads the chart and your positions, and fills the order ticket from its answer.
S&P 500 options gamma levels
Where dealer hedging concentrates, converted to the US500 price. Sample session · 2 Nov 2026.
- Call Wall
- 7,723.6
- Zero Gamma
- 7,741.7
- Put Wall
- 7,522.9
What drives the S&P 500
Breadth
500 large US companies, weighted by market value.
The Fed
Rate expectations set the tone for equity valuations.
Earnings season
Four times a year, company results drive the index for weeks.
Options expiry
Large options positions can hold the index near key strikes or release it around expiry.
Measured on hourly price history over the last year. Past ranges do not predict future ones.
Questions
What is US500?
A CFD on the S&P 500 index of 500 large US companies. Brokers list it as US500, SPX500 or US500Cash.
How much does S&P 500 move in a day?
Over the last 250 trading days, the average daily range of S&P 500 was 90.7 points, or 1.27% of price. Over the last 20 days it was 85.3 points.
What is the best time to trade S&P 500?
The busiest hours are 13:00–16:00 UTC. The quietest hour is 04:00 UTC.
What moves with S&P 500?
Nasdaq 100 has the strongest link, with a correlation of +0.91 over the last 250 trading days.
How does Arka analyse S&P 500?
Sign in with an MT4 or MT5 account and Arka Terminal draws the AI trend forecast, options gamma levels and structure analysis on your US500 chart.
The terminal built for a new generation of traders
Available for Windows 10 and Windows 11
