Educational reference. Measured from 846 recorded 1m bars of BIT (Bitcoin Futures) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
RSI crossed above 70 5 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 1 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 70 for 1.2% of the time, between 30 and 70 for 95.0%, and below 30 for 3.8%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 70 | 1.2% | 10 | 5 | 1 min | 4 min | |
| Between 30 and 70 | 95.0% | 804 | 13 | 18 min | 324 min | |
| Below 30 | 3.8% | 32 | 7 | 1 min | 14 min |
RSI compares the size of recent gains with recent losses, so a reading above 70 says buying has dominated the last 14 bars — not that price is high. A long stay above 70 is a market trending up, which is the opposite of the reversal the word 'overbought' suggests.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 5 times, with a median stay of 1 minutes and a longest of 4. A brief excursion above 70 that resolves in minutes is noise on this timeframe. A sustained one is the signature of a trend that is still running, and selling into it is how traders get run over.