Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of MGC (Micro Gold) on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 16 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 17 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 23.9% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 54.0%, and below -100 for 22.1%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 23.9% | 66 | 16 | 17 min | 75 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 54.0% | 149 | 32 | 20 min | 60 min | |
| Below -100 | 22.1% | 61 | 16 | 17 min | 40 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 16 times, with a median stay of 17 minutes and a longest of 75. 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.