Educational reference. Measured from 203 recorded 5m bars of MES (Micro E-mini S&P 500) on Friday, September 25, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 18 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 7 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 24.6% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 61.6%, and below 20 for 13.8%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 24.6% | 50 | 18 | 7 min | 55 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 61.6% | 125 | 30 | 10 min | 80 min | |
| Below 20 | 13.8% | 28 | 12 | 10 min | 30 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 7 minutes and a longest of 55. 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.