Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of MNQ (Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 13 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 30 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 23.6% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 55.4%, and below 20 for 21.0%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 23.6% | 65 | 13 | 30 min | 40 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 55.4% | 153 | 35 | 15 min | 80 min | |
| Below 20 | 21.0% | 58 | 23 | 10 min | 90 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 13 times, with a median stay of 30 minutes and a longest of 40. 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.