Educational reference. Measured from 1020 recorded 1m bars of ES (E-mini S&P 500) on Friday, September 25, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 66 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 3 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 21.8% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 60.1%, and below -100 for 18.1%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 21.8% | 222 | 66 | 3 min | 13 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 60.1% | 613 | 128 | 3 min | 24 min | |
| Below -100 | 18.1% | 185 | 63 | 3 min | 8 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 66 times, with a median stay of 3 minutes and a longest of 13. 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.