Educational reference. Measured from 1020 recorded 1m bars of ES (E mini S&P 500) on Friday, October 9, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 68 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 3 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 21.5% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 60.3%, and below -100 for 18.2%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 21.5% | 219 | 68 | 3 min | 9 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 60.3% | 615 | 122 | 4 min | 18 min | |
| Below -100 | 18.2% | 186 | 55 | 3 min | 9 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 68 times, with a median stay of 3 minutes and a longest of 9. 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.