Educational reference. Measured from 710 recorded 1m bars of MET (Micro Ether) on Monday, September 14, 2026.
RSI crossed above 70 6 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 1 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 70 for 3.1% of the time, between 30 and 70 for 94.9%, and below 30 for 2.0%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 70 | 3.1% | 22 | 6 | 1 min | 15 min | |
| Between 30 and 70 | 94.9% | 674 | 15 | 23 min | 131 min | |
| Below 30 | 2.0% | 14 | 8 | 1 min | 3 min |
RSI compares the size of recent gains with recent losses, so a reading above 70 says buying has dominated the last 14 bars — not that price is high. A long stay above 70 is a market trending up, which is the opposite of the reversal the word 'overbought' suggests.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 6 times, with a median stay of 1 minutes and a longest of 15. A brief excursion above 70 that resolves in minutes is noise on this timeframe. A sustained one is the signature of a trend that is still running, and selling into it is how traders get run over.