Four futures — the S&P 500 (ES), the Nasdaq 100 (NQ), gold (GC) and crude oil (CL) — cut into 10-minute blocks of the New York clock, across the whole live CME session: it opens 18:00 ET and runs to 17:00 ET the next day, with the 17:00–18:00 halt excluded because nothing trades in it. All four share that clock, which is the only reason they can share this grid. Four bands are shaded on every chart: Asia 18:00–03:00 · Europe 03:00–09:30 · US cash 09:30–16:00 · Post-close 16:00–17:00. Every contiguous stretch of blocks is scored against that contract's own average block of the same length, so what stands out is deviation, not drift, and both tails count. Define as many date windows as you like; every one scores the same grid. One click switches the chart between the four; whichever you are not charting, the S&P rides behind it on its own scale (the Nasdaq does, when the S&P is the chart). Each contract states its own depth — they are not equally deep and are never averaged together.
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