Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of ES (E-mini S&P 500) on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 19 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 20 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 25.7% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 57.2%, and below -100 for 17.0%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 25.7% | 71 | 19 | 20 min | 40 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 57.2% | 158 | 32 | 17 min | 70 min | |
| Below -100 | 17.0% | 47 | 12 | 7 min | 50 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 19 times, with a median stay of 20 minutes and a longest of 40. 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.