Educational reference. Measured from 96 recorded 15m bars of BTCUSD (Bitcoin) on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 5 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 60 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 29.2% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 52.1%, and below -100 for 18.8%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 29.2% | 28 | 5 | 60 min | 240 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 52.1% | 50 | 11 | 60 min | 120 min | |
| Below -100 | 18.8% | 18 | 5 | 60 min | 75 min |
CCI measures how far price sits from its own average, scaled by typical deviation, and it is unbounded — it can reach +300 as easily as +100. The ±100 lines are a convention, not a ceiling.
Here the reading entered above +100 5 times, with a median stay of 60 minutes and a longest of 240. Because CCI has no upper bound, the count of separate excursions matters more here than for a 0-100 oscillator: repeated short pushes past +100 and one sustained drive to +300 can produce a similar share of the session.