anybody trying to trade CL is simply insane imo: just look at last nights trading ... you'll find 30 tick one minute bars in the middle of nowhere ... you simply don't want to be trading that ...
I strongly suggest you try and micro scalp the CL. It can be done, in fact I've had 10 to 15 winners in a row, no BS.
Do not know what you meant "ideal" trading hours. Most of the CL activities happy at the first 1/2 and the last 1/2 of the regular floor session. Most of the reversions happen during the last 1/2 since the day traders close out the intra-day trades. Same with the first 1/2 since they open at that time. It is boring during the day.