Educational reference. Measured from 138 recorded 10m bars of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 5 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 30 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 10.9% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 68.8%, and below -100 for 20.3%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 10.9% | 15 | 5 | 30 min | 50 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 68.8% | 95 | 13 | 70 min | 140 min | |
| Below -100 | 20.3% | 28 | 8 | 30 min | 110 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 5 times, with a median stay of 30 minutes and a longest of 50. 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.