Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of MES (Micro E-mini S&P 500) on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 18 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 10 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 23.2% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 55.1%, and below 20 for 21.7%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 23.2% | 64 | 18 | 10 min | 65 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 55.1% | 152 | 38 | 15 min | 70 min | |
| Below 20 | 21.7% | 60 | 21 | 10 min | 55 min |
The fast line is the unsmoothed version of the same range calculation, so it reaches the extremes far more often than the smoothed %K and leaves them sooner.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 18 times, with a median stay of 10 minutes and a longest of 65. The gap between this page's visit count and the smoothed Stochastics page for the same session is a direct measure of how much the smoothing removes.