Educational reference. Measured from 204 recorded 5m bars of MES (Micro E-mini S&P 500) on Friday, October 2, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 20 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 10 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 25.5% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 62.3%, and below 20 for 12.3%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 25.5% | 52 | 20 | 10 min | 35 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 62.3% | 127 | 29 | 15 min | 80 min | |
| Below 20 | 12.3% | 25 | 9 | 15 min | 25 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 20 times, with a median stay of 10 minutes and a longest of 35. 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.