"How do the quarterly E-mini futures settle and when is the last time to trade before expiration?
a3 E-mini quarterly contracts expire at the same time and to the same price as their larger counterpart contracts. For quarterly futures contracts, trading can occur up to 8:30 a.m., Chicago time, on the third Friday of the month."
Not out of the realm of possibility, ES 1229-1232 has some magnetic market profile charateristics.
But why would you concern yourself with that right now?